Investigating variations in infant mortality in England and Wales by mother's country of birth, 1983-2001

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-139

  Collingwood Bakeo, Aleks ^a  

^a OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Ethnic background; Infant mortality; Social class; Time trends

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA, WESTERN; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; NORTHERN IRELAND; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; WALES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 33645130515     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2006.00708.x     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Collingwood Bakeo A. Trends in live births by mother's country of birth and other factors affecting low birthweight in England and Wales, 1983-2001 Health Statistics Quarterly 2004 23 25 33
2. Macfarlane A Mugford M. Birth Counts: Statistics of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Volume 1. London The Stationery Office 2000
3. Office for National Statistics. Mortality Statistics: Childhood, Infant and Perinatal Mortality Statistics Review of the Registrar General on deaths in England and Wales. Series DH3. London The Stationery Office 1993-2003
4. Dattani N Rowan S. Causes of neonatal deaths and stillbirths: a new hierarchical classification in ICD-10 Health Statistics Quarterly 2002 15 16 22
5. Goldblatt P Jones D. Chapter 3: Methods. In: Longitudinal Study: Mortality and Social Organisation Series LS No. 6. Office for Population Censuses and Surveys. Editor: Goldblatt PO. London HMSO 1990 ; pp. 51 66
6. Smallwood S. New estimates of trends in birth by birth order in England and Wales Population Trends 2002 108 32 48
7. Macfarlane A Grant J Hancock J Hilder L Lyne M Costeloe K et al. Early Life Mortality in East London: A Feasibility Study Summary report of the Fetal and Infant Death in East London study. London City University 2004
8. Marks L Hilder L. Ethnic advantage: infant survival among Jewish and Bengali immigrants in East London 1870-1990. In: Migrants, Minorities and Health Editors: Marks L Worboys M London Routledge 1997 ; pp. 179 209
9. Mathews TJ Menacker F MacDorman MF. Infant mortality statistics from the 2000 period linked birth/infant death data set National Vital Statistics Reports 2002 50 1 28
10. Guendelman S Buekens P Blondel B Kaminski M Notzon FC Masuy-Stroubant G. Birth outcomes of immigrant women in the United States, France and Belgium Maternal and Child Health Journal 1999 3 177 187
11. Margetts BM Mohd Yusaf S Al Dallal Z Jackson AA. Persistence of low birthweight in second generation South Asian babies born in the United Kingdom Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2002 56 684 687
12. Draper ES Abrams KR Clarke M. Fall in birthweight of third generation infants British Medical Journal 1995 311 876
13. Dhawan S. Birth weights of infants of first generation Asian women in Britain compared with second generation Asian women British Medical Journal 1995 311 86 88
14. Harding S Rosato MG Cruickshank JK. Lack of change in birthweights of infants by generational status among Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean and Black African mothers in a British cohort study International Journal of Epidemiology 2004 33 1 7
15. Balarajan R Raleigh V. Variations in Perinatal, Neonatal, Postneonatal and Infant Mortality in England and Wales by Mother's Country of Birth, 1982-85 Series DS No. 9. Office for Population Censuses and Surveys. Editor: Britton M. London HMSO 1990 ; pp. 123 127
16. Balarajan R Soni Raleigh V Botting B. Mortality from congenital malformations in England and Wales: variations by mother's country of birth Archives of Disease in Childhood 1989 64 1457 1463
17. Balarajan R Raleigh V. A health profile of Britain's ethnic minorities. In: Minority Populations: Genetics, Demography and Health Editors: Bittles AH Roberts DF. London Macmillan 1992; pp. 119 142
18. Maher J Macfarlane A. Inequalities in infant mortality: trends by social class, mother's age and birthweight, England and Wales, 1976-2001 Health Statistics Quarterly 2004 24 14 22
19. Maher J Macfarlane A. Trends in live births and birthweight by social class, marital status and mother's age, 1976-2000 Health Statistics Quarterly 2004 23 34 42