Iowa's infant mortality: looking worse, doing better.
Interstate comparisons of infant mortality data can be misleading unless causes of infant death are considered, says this author. In Iowa the percentage of preventable deaths dropped almost 35% in recent years.
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University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
D002423:Cause of Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D007484:Iowa / Q000453:epidemiology; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology