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Infant Mortality Statistics from the Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set - 1996 Period DataThe National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has just released a new report that presents infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infant death data set (1996 linked file). Data are available by a variety of characteristics including race and Hispanic origin of mother, birthweight, period of gestation, sex of infant, plurality, trimester of pregnancy prenatal care began, maternal age, maternal educational attainment, live birth order, marital status, mothers place of birth, maternal smoking during pregnancy, age at death, and underlying cause of death. Infant mortality rates by these variables are compared and contrasted. Descriptive tabulations of data from the linked file are presented. The data include infant deaths in 1996 which are linked to their corresponding birth certificates, whether the birth occurred in 1996 or 1995. The denominator used to compute infant mortality rates is the NCHS Natality file which included all births in 1995. Data are weighted to compensate for 2.2% of infant death records which could not be linked to their corresponding birth certificates. Data Highlights:
Keywords: infant mortality, infant health, birthweight, maternal characteristics
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January 11, 2007
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