Cohort selection and the estimation of racial disparity in mortality of extremely preterm neonates

Cohort selection and the estimation of racial disparity in mortality of extremely preterm neonates

Background Racial disparities in preterm neonatal mortality are long-standing. We aimed to assess how cohort selection influences mortality rates and racial disparity estimates. Methods With 2014–2018 California data, we compared neonatal mortality rates among Black and non-Hispanic White very low b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric research 2024-02, Vol.95 (3), p.792-801
Hauptverfasser: Gould, Jeffrey B., Bennett, Mihoko V., Profit, Jochen, Lee, Henry C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Apgar score
Babies
Birth weight
Cohort analysis
Ethnicity
Female
Gestational age
Health disparities
Humans
Inequality
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infant, Extremely Premature
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Morbidity
Mortality
Observational studies
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Population Study
Population Study Article
Pregnancy
Premature babies
Racial differences
Survival analysis
White
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Zusammenfassung:Background Racial disparities in preterm neonatal mortality are long-standing. We aimed to assess how cohort selection influences mortality rates and racial disparity estimates. Methods With 2014–2018 California data, we compared neonatal mortality rates among Black and non-Hispanic White very low birth weight (VLBW,
ISSN:0031-3998
1530-0447
DOI:10.1038/s41390-023-02766-0