title: Infant mortality and economic status in metropolitan Ohio, total and cause-specific: 1979-81 and 1989-91.
abstract: "This paper presents the results of an ecological analysis of the relationship between infant mortality and economic status in a metropolitan aggregate comprised of six of the larger cities in Ohio covering the years 1979-81 and 1989-91.... Results of the analysis revealed, first of all, that there continues to be a clear and pronounced inverse association between the aggregate economic status of an area and the probability that a newborn infant will not survive the first year of life. There are, however, some noteworthy race-cause differences....Only one cause, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, stood out as having a generally consistent and very strong inverse relationship with economic status."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001695:Biology; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D007226:Infant Mortality; D009026:Mortality; D009656:North America; D009820:Ohio; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011203:Poverty; D011822:Race Relations; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013398:Sudden Infant Death; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Biology; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Infant Mortality; Mortality; North America; Northern America; Ohio; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Poverty; Race Relations; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; United States