Open AccessA comparison of foetal and infant mortality in the United States and Canada
Author(s) -
Cande V. Ananth,
S. Liu,
K.S. Joseph,
Michael S. Kramer
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn194
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , gestation , obstetrics , infant mortality , pregnancy , demography , pediatrics , population , environmental health , biology , genetics , sociology
Infant mortality rates are higher in the United States than in Canada. We explored this difference by comparing gestational age distributions and gestational age-specific mortality rates in the two countries.
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