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Demography (2022) 59 (2): 587–605.
Published: 01 April 2022
... born to non-Hispanic Black mothers in the United States—using linked birth and infant death cohort data. Through simulation, we further demonstrate that falling mortality reduces a 1 0 , while a reduction in premature births increases it. We use these observations to motivate the formulation of a new...
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Demography (1990) 27 (3): 413–430.
Published: 01 August 1990
...Isaac W. Eberstein; Charles B. Nam; Robert A. Hummer Abstract We examine infant mortality among the 1980–1982 live birth cohorts in the state of Florida, specific to five categories of underlying cause of death: infections, perinatal conditions, delivery complications, congenital malformations...
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Demography (1984) 21 (3): 309–321.
Published: 01 August 1984
...Isaac W. Eberstein; Jan Reese Parker Abstract This research examines racial disparities in infant mortality, overall and separately according to cause of death. Using linked birth and death records for the 1975 cohort of live births in Florida, racial differences are initially described...
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in Understanding Trends in the Concentration of Infant Mortality Among Disadvantaged White and Black Mothers in the United States, 1983–2013: A Decomposition Analysis
> Demography
Published: 22 May 2020
Fig. 1 Proportions of disadvantaged mothers and proportions of infant deaths born to disadvantaged mothers, by race, 1983–2013. Disadvantaged mothers are defined as those who are unmarried and who have less than 12 years of education when giving birth. The infant mortality disadvantage index
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in Estimating 1 a 0 and 4 a 1 in a Life Table: A Model Approach Based on Newly Collected Data
> Demography
Published: 01 June 2024
Fig. 1 The average age of infant deaths, a 1 0 , as a function of the probability of dying within the first year of life, described by classic and new approaches (both sexes combined). Keyfitz (1970) proposed only one general formula for both sexes; Andreev and Kingkade (2015
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in The Long-Lasting Influenza: The Impact of Fetal Stress During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Socioeconomic Attainment and Health in Sweden, 1968–2012
> Demography
Published: 19 July 2019
Fig. 2 Infant deaths due to malformations and disease, expressed as a share per 1,000 live births during current month, 1914–1925. The shaded vertical bars represents the period October–December 1918. Source: Sveriges Officiella Statistik: Befolkningsrörelsen 1914–1925 and Dodsorsaker 1914
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Published: 01 April 2022
Fig. 1 Proportion of infant deaths by five-day intervals, United States, 2012 birth cohort. Note the differing y -axis scales. Source: Data via the National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics System.
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Demography (2007) 44 (3): 441–457.
Published: 01 August 2007
... immigrants, resulting in artificially low recorded death rates for the Mexican-origin population. In this paper, we calculate detailed age-specific infant mortality rates by maternal race/ethnicity and nativity for two important reasons: (1) it is extremely unlikely that women of Mexican origin would migrate...
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Demography (1989) 26 (2): 335–343.
Published: 01 May 1989
...Richard G. Rogers Abstract This article examines ethnic differences in cause-specific infant mortality, using linked birth and infant death records from a cohort of New Mexican singleton infants, 1980–1983. The research, which applies log-linear analysis, focuses on the combined influences...
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Demography (1997) 34 (3): 399–409.
Published: 01 August 1997
...Kathryn A. Sowards Abstract Linked death and birth records from San Antonio, Texas reveal that infectious infant mortality is increasingly a function of premature birth and low birth weight. Between 1935 and 1944, 4% of infectious infant deaths had associated causes involving prematurity...
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Demography (1998) 35 (4): 509–517.
Published: 01 November 1998
... compare their findings for the 1987 U.S. birth cohort with findings for the 1988 U.S. birth cohort, using linked birth and infant death vital statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics. I focus on their calculation of fetal growth curves, which are highly at odds with the curves commonly...
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Demography (2014) 51 (2): 367–386.
Published: 04 February 2014
... and opportunities for follow-up care, such as home visits by nurses and the establishment of health clinics, reduced infant deaths more than did classes and conferences. These interventions were particularly effective for nonwhites, a population with limited access to physicians and medical care. Although limited...
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Demography (1996) 33 (3): 329–339.
Published: 01 August 1996
...Stan Becker; Youssef Waheeb; Bothaina El-Deeb; Nagwa Khallaf; Robert Black Abstract To evaluate the completeness of registration of infant and child deaths in Egypt, reinterviews were conducted with families who had reported a death of a child under age 5 in the five years before the survey for two...
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Demography (1999) 36 (1): 41–58.
Published: 01 February 1999
... evidence at one level is consistent with evidence at other levels. Wefirst examine aggregate cross-country information over several decades, a type of data typically used in past research on the topic. We also examine yearly series of births, deaths, infant deaths, and socioeconomic indicators for selected...
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Demography (2024) 61 (3): 643–664.
Published: 01 June 2024
...Fig. 1 The average age of infant deaths, a 1 0 , as a function of the probability of dying within the first year of life, described by classic and new approaches (both sexes combined). Keyfitz (1970) proposed only one general formula for both sexes; Andreev and Kingkade (2015...
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Demography (2013) 50 (2): 495–520.
Published: 10 October 2012
...Daniel A. Powers Abstract I reexamine the epidemiological paradox of lower overall infant mortality rates in the Mexican-origin population relative to U.S.-born non-Hispanic whites using the 1995–2002 U.S. NCHS linked cohort birth-infant death files. A comparison of infant mortality rates among U.S...
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Demography (1977) 14 (4): 391–409.
Published: 01 November 1977
...John Knodel; Hallie Kintner Abstract A major assumption of the biometric analysis of infant mortality as developed by Bourgeois-Pichat is that the age structure of infant deaths after the first month of life is virtually constant across time and cultures. Reanalysis of results from studies which...
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Demography (2020) 57 (3): 979–1005.
Published: 22 May 2020
...Fig. 1 Proportions of disadvantaged mothers and proportions of infant deaths born to disadvantaged mothers, by race, 1983–2013. Disadvantaged mothers are defined as those who are unmarried and who have less than 12 years of education when giving birth. The infant mortality disadvantage index...
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Demography (2022) 59 (1): 51–59.
Published: 01 February 2022
...-Hispanic women without a bachelor's after adjusting for changes in the distribution of maternal age within groups. I also document a marked difference in trends for sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) rates by maternal education. The SUID rate increased among those born to women without a bachelor's...
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Demography (1973) 10 (3): 367–382.
Published: 01 August 1973
... for late registration may be the increased outward movement of Indians from their reserves. Indirect methods are used to adjust the number of births and infant deaths reported annually since 1960. On the basis of the adjusted data, vital rates for the Canadian Indians are calculated for the period 1960...
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