Poverty, Urban-Rural Classification and Term Infant Mortality: A Population-Based Multilevel Analysis

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Determines the association between county poverty and rurality with term infant mortality by analyzing 2013 birth-infant death data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Includes county poverty statistics by rural and urban residence, maternal characteristics, and health and obstetric characteristics.

Yousra A. Mohamoud, Russell S. Kirby, Deborah B. Ehrenthal

BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 19, 40

01/2019

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Children and youth · Mortality · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data