Racial Differences in Leading Causes of Infant Death in the United States. Paediatr Perinatal Epidemiol 2004;18:51-60.Pradip K., MuhuriMarian F., MacDormanTrena M., Ezzati-Rice. (2004) Racial differences in leading causes of infant death in the United States. Paediatric and Perinatal ...
However, there is insufficient population level data on the current estimates of infant mortality rate (IMR) in the country. The aim of this study was to measure infant mortality rate, investigate risk factors for infant deaths and identify causes of death in a rural population of northern ...
Causes of infant death were identified using physician review verbal autopsy method.Of the total 3684 infants followed, 174 of them died before their first birthday, yielding an IMR of 47 per 1000 live births (95 % CI: 41, 54) over the four years of follow-up. About 96 % of infants ...
Infant mortality rates for 30 of the top 59 causes of death were at least 1.5 times higher in African-American than in Anglo and Hispanic infants, while a comparable excess in Hispanic infants was noted only for anencephaly; Anglo infants did not have an excessive mortality rate for any of ...
SIDS is rare during the first month of life. Risk peaks in infants 2-4 months of age and then declines. Medical professionals diagnose SIDS once all recognizable causes of infant death have been ruled out, including infection, trauma, or a condition related to theheart, lungs, or central ...
Sudden unexpected death of infants (SUDI) was the most common cause of infant mortality among children born full term in the U.S. according to estimates from a state-by-state study published this week in PLOS Medicine. The study, conducted by Neha Bairol
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the common term used when describing the unexplained and sudden death of a baby generally younger than 1 year old, where there is no known cause of death. 1800x1200_what_is_sids_bigbead Sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, claims the lives of ...
Special attention is paid to autopsy figures and cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Throughout the observation period, child mortality decreased overall in all levels of data. Mortality rates were highest in the first year of life, with natural causes of death (premature birth, ...
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the common term used when describing the unexplained and sudden death of a baby generally younger than 1 year old, where there is no known cause of death. 1800x1200_what_is_sids_bigbead Sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, claims the lives of ...
Infant mortality is considered as one of the important criteria of a society's health. Prematurity and septicemia have been two main causes of death among the newborn. in during the last two decades. Fortunately, these two causes are preventable. In our pilot study, too, it is observed that...