Birth-Weight-Standardized Neonatal Mortality Rates and the Prevention of Low Birth Weight: How Does the United States Compare with Sweden?

Birth-Weight-Standardized Neonatal Mortality Rates and the Prevention of Low Birth Weight: How Does the United States Compare with Sweden?

BIRTH-WEIGHT-STANDARDIZED NEONATAL MORTALITY RATES AND THE PREVENTION OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT: HOW DOES MASSACHUSETTS COMPARE WITH SWEDEN? Bernard Guyer, M.D., M.P.H., Lee Anne Wallach, M.D., M.P.H., and Sharon L. Rosen, PH.D. The crude infant mortality rate and crude neonatal mortality rate in the Unit...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 1982-05, Vol.306 (20), p.1230-1233
Hauptverfasser: Frechette, Alfred L, Russo, Pearl K
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
Babies
Birth weight
Epidemiology
Fetuses
Infant mortality
Infections
International comparisons
Low birth weight
Neonates
Newborn babies
Nutrition
Pediatrics
Public health
Smoking
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Zusammenfassung:BIRTH-WEIGHT-STANDARDIZED NEONATAL MORTALITY RATES AND THE PREVENTION OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT: HOW DOES MASSACHUSETTS COMPARE WITH SWEDEN? Bernard Guyer, M.D., M.P.H., Lee Anne Wallach, M.D., M.P.H., and Sharon L. Rosen, PH.D. The crude infant mortality rate and crude neonatal mortality rate in the United States are often compared unfavorably with those of other industrialized Western nations, especially Sweden. 1 , 2 In 1978, the United States, with an infant mortality rate of 13.8 deaths per thousand live births, ranked 17th among these nations, whereas Sweden ranked second with an infant mortality rate of 7.8. Similarly, in 1978, the neonatal mortality rate in the . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM198205203062011