Changes in infant mortality and related rates by health service area: 1969-73 to 1974-77

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• Personal Author:
  Foster, Jean E. ; Kleinman, Joel C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Analysis.
• Description:
  The uses of infant mortality data for health planning at the local level were discussed in Statistical Note for Health Planners No. 2. Its associated data supplement provided infant mortality rates by health service area for 1969-73 and 1974-75. These data have been updated through 1977 for the present Note, which provide: additional perspectives on the geographic variation characterizing infant mortality in the United States over this time period. Examples are presented to tilustrate the strategies healti plan- ners cm employ to identify geographic areas witi extreme rates and assess changes in these rates over time.
  
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• Subjects:
  Catchment Area, Health Health Planning Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infant Mortality Statistics As Topic
• Source:
  Statistical notes for health planners ; no. 13 ; DHEW publication no. ; (PBS) 81-1237
• Document Type:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  31 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104360/cdc_104360_DS1.pdf
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