Infant Mortality Trends and Differences between American Indian/Alaska Native Infants and White Infants in the United States, 1989-1991 and 1998-2000
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kay M. Tomashek
Cheng Qin
Jason Hsia
Solomon Iyasu
Wanda D. Barfield
Lisa M. Flowers
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 12, December 2006, pp. 2222-2227
Description
Study found that although birthweight-specific death rates declined in both groups and across all birthweight categories, American Indian/Alaska Native babies were still 1.7 times more likely to die before their first birthday.