Trends and Current Status in Childhood Mortality: United States, 1900–85

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• Alternative Title:
  Trends and Current Status in Childhood Mortality: United States, 1900–1985
• Personal Author:
  Fingerhut, Lois A. ; Kleinman, Joel C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Mortality statistics for children 1-19 years of age by race, sex, and cause of death are analyzed focusing on differences in external and natural causes. General trends from 1900-68 as well as trends in leading causes of death for 1968-85 are examined. Geographic variation by cause of death and cross-national comparisons are also presented.
• Content Notes:
  Authors: Lois A. Fingerhut and Joel C. Kleinman.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 34).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescence Adolescent Causes Children Death Infant Mortality Mortality Statistics
• Source:
  Vital and health statistics, Series 3, Analytical and epidemiological studies ; no. 26 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 89-1410 ; Vital and health statistics. Series 3, Analytical and epidemiological studies ; no. 26
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Pubmed ID:
  2694417
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; v, 44 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9f08ef8322bda1092416c4bf3cb35adb37c2b596adc3f6fc49c28fdcc0553ae85651b89f59a5963de8acdca34cfc7147907882e967b8020ebfbc0c598f5a7891
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11101/cdc_11101_DS1.pdf
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