Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Infant Mortality in the United States.

Hummer, Robert A.; Biegler, Monique; De Turk, Peter B.; Forbes, Douglas; Frisbie, W. Parker; Hong, Ying; Pullum, Starling G.

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ERIC Number: EJ584515

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Publication Date: 1999

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Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Infant Mortality in the United States.

Hummer, Robert A.; Biegler, Monique; De Turk, Peter B.; Forbes, Douglas; Frisbie, W. Parker; Hong, Ying; Pullum, Starling G.

Social Forces, v77 n3 p1083-1117 Mar 1999

Health statistics show wide variations in risk and determinants of infant death across racial and ethnic subpopulations, a within-group advantage to being an immigrant, and the same direction of effects for mortality risk factors across groups. Efforts to lower infant mortality should benefit all groups. Contains 83 references. (TD)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Demography, Ethnic Groups, Health, Immigrants, Infant Mortality, Racial Differences, Racial Factors, Risk, Smoking, Socioeconomic Influences

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Language: English

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