Record #:

29394

Author(s):

Buescher, Paul A.

Abstract:

Infant mortality is a problem throughout the United States. Birth-weight standardization was used to compare North Carolina neonatal mortality to that in the United States and also to examine trends. The study found that North Carolina had a higher neonatal mortality rate, which can be attributed to lower birth weights, rather than higher weight-specific neonatal death rates.

Source:

SCHS Studies (NoCar RA 407.4 N8 P48), Vol. Issue 30, Dec 1983, p1-7, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Infants--Mortality; Public health--Statistics