Race and Ethnic Disparities in Fetal Mortality, Preterm Birth, and Infant Mortality in the United States: An Overview

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 200-208

  MacDorman, Marian F ^a  

^a NCHS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal mortality; Infant mortality; Preterm birth; Race and ethnic disparities; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FETUS MORTALITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RACISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960701896     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2011.02.017     Document Type: Review

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