title: Iowa's infant mortality: looking worse, doing better.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hein
mesh_terms: 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