Open AccessThe Contribution of Preterm Birth to the Black–White Infant Mortality Gap, 1990 and 2000
Author(s) -
Ashley H. Schempf,
Amy M. Branum,
Susan L. Lukacs,
Kenneth C. Schoendorf
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.093708
Subject(s) - infant mortality , white (mutation) , medicine , demography , environmental health , population , sociology , biology , gene , biochemistry
We evaluated whether the decline of the racial disparity in preterm birth during the last decade was commensurate with a decline in the contribution of preterm birth to the infant mortality gap.