Infant Mortality Among Hispanics
- 9 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA)
- Vol. 265 (2), 217-221
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1991.03460020071031
Abstract
In the United States, infant mortality risks among Hispanics have not been previously evaluated at the national level. We used the 1983 and 1984 national Linked Birth and Infant Death data sets to compare infant mortality risks among single-delivery infants of Hispanic descent with those among single-delivery infants of non-Hispanic whites (the reference group). We also included the 1983 and 1984 linked birth cohort for single-delivery infants in Puerto Rico. Among all Hispanic groups, the neonatal (JAMA. 1991;265:217-221)Keywords
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