Prematurity and race account for much of the interstate variation in infant mortality rates in the United States.

Colm P TraversLuke A IannuzziMartha S WingateDaniel M AveryNamasivayam AmbalavananJames LeeperWaldemar A Carlo

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2020)

Interstate variation in infant and neonatal mortality rates are primarily driven by rates of extremely preterm and extremely low birth weight births which is closely related to the proportion of black births.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
preterm infants
preterm birth
human milk
gestational age
cardiovascular events
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes