Infant and Perinatal Mortality in the United States

Details

• Personal Author:
  Shapiro, Sam ; Schlesinger, Edward R. ; Nesbitt, Robert E. L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Analysis of long- and short-term trends in infant mortality in the United States by age at death, cause of death, sex of child, color, and geographic area; fetal and perinatal mortality trends; role of various risk factors including birth weight, age of mother, birth order, mother’s history of prior pregnancy loss; changes during the 1950 decade in personnel and facilities and services related to obstetrical and pediatric care; discussion of health insurance and maternal and child health programs and services.
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Health Surveys Public Health Vital Statistics
• Keywords:
  death rate, maternal and child health
• Source:
  Other NCHS Survey or Data System
• Series:
  NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  90 pdf pages
• Volume:
  3
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8fd20685bcb284892773ebf39e97b97333b2fc46092723016651b996894db57e9a68022ca252abda64f333d4590ecbb6b6ce1ff004ad51c1198bda515df0ed74
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12893/cdc_12893_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.67 MB ]