Trends in Infant Mortality by Cause of Death and Other Characteristics, 1960–88

Details

• Personal Author:
  MacDorman, Marian F. ; Rosenberg, Harry M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Trends and patterns in US. infant mortality from 1960–88 are analyzed by age, race, sex, season, and cause of death. The report discusses major shifts in leading causes of infant mortality from 1960–88 and the recent divergence in mortality rates between black and white infants.
• Subjects:
  Cause Of Death/in Infancy & Childhood Cause Of Death/trends Infant Mortality
• Keywords:
  Cause Of Death Risk Factors
• Source:
  NCHS Historical Publications
• Series:
  NCHS Historical Publications   ; Vital and health statistics. Series 20  
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  57 pdf pages
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  20
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3439ad4c547768c078af79611a155cb569392afb030640072dd5fefeb4a12b35f5e453fa63e8616a0636039c60665fee6416f89172a93a9e146bc4aebf0a56c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6169/cdc_6169_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.65 MB ]