Black-White Differences in Infant Mortality in 38 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

Polednak, Anthony P.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Black-White Differences in Infant Mortality in 38 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

Polednak, Anthony P.

American Journal of Public Health, v81 n11 p1480-82 Nov 1991

Black-white differences in infant mortality rate are examined for 38 large metropolitan statistical areas for 1982 through 1986. The most important difference predictor was a "segregation index" (residential dissimilarity) apparently independent of variation in median family income and poverty prevalence but possibly reflecting availability and quality of medical care. (SLD)

Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Blacks, Child Health, Family Income, Infant Mortality, Low Income Groups, Medical Services, Mortality Rate, Poverty, Predictor Variables, Racial Differences, Racial Segregation, Residential Patterns, Urban Areas, Urban Problems, Whites

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Language: English

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