title: Preventing and postponing death: trends in Tennessee infant mortality.
abstract: Infants born in Tennessee between 1984 and 1988 experienced reduced mortality compared with those born in the 5 years previous. For all birthweight singleton infants, the reduction from 10.2 to 8.4 deaths per 1000 live births represents an 18% decline in mortality. The most impressive gain made was for very low birthweight (less than 1500 g) infants in the neonatal period, where mortality was reduced 24%. However, for these infants there was nearly a sixfold increase in the postneonatal mortality associated with prematurity-related causes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Piper
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology