Open AccessFactors That Mediate Racial/Ethnic Disparities in US Fetal Death Rates
Author(s) -
Scott A. Lorch,
Charlan D. Kroelinger,
Corinne Ahlberg,
Wanda D. Barfield
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.300852
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , ethnic group , demography , fetus , obstetrics , pregnancy , gestational age , confidence interval , psychological intervention , population , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology , biology , anthropology , genetics
We sought to determine the importance of socioeconomic factors, maternal comorbid conditions, antepartum and intrapartum complications of pregnancy, and fetal factors in mediating racial disparities in fetal deaths. METHODS. We undertook a mediation analysis on a retrospective cohort study of hospital-based deliveries with a gestational age between 23 and 44 weeks in California, Missouri, and Pennsylvania from 1993 to 2005 (n = 7,104,674).