American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 51.e1-51.e9 , January 2008

The increasing racial disparity in infant mortality rates: Composition and contributors to recent US trends

  • Greg R. Alexander, MPH, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
    • Deceased.
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  • Martha S. Wingate, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Martha S. Wingate, DrPH, Assistant Professor, Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, RPHB 330, 1530 3rd Ave. S, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
    • ,
  • Deren Bader, CPM, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Midwives Alliance of North America, Birmingham, AL
    • ,
  • Michael D. Kogan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD.

Received 24 January 2007 ,Revised 13 April 2007 ,Accepted 7 June 2007.

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    African American/white gestational age–specific infant mortality rate ratios 1985-1988 and 1995-2000 (US resident births)

    Alexander. Increasing racial disparities in infant mortality. Am J Obstet Gynec

    African American/white gestational age–specific infant mortality rate ratios 1985-1988 and 1995-2000 (US resident births)

    Alexander. Increasing racial disparities in infant mortality. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008.

 Cite this article as: Alexander GR, Wingate MS, Bader D, Kogan MD: The increasing racial disparity in infant mortality rates: Composition and contributors to recent US trends. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:51.e1-51.e9.The content of this work is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies.Supported in part by DHHS, HRSA, MCHB grant MC00008-16 S21 (G.R.A., M.S.W., and D.B.).Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(07)00735-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.006

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 51.e1-51.e9 , January 2008

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