title: Infant mortality in American Indians and Alaska Natives 1995-1999 and 2000-2004.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  (1) To determine the infant mortality rate (IMR) in American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and whites between 1995-1999 and 2000-2004. (2) To compare the leading causes of infant mortality in AI/AN and whites. (3) To examine differences in neonatal vs. postneonatal causes of death in whites and AI/AN.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the 1995-99 and 2000-04 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics national linked birth/infant death data, we examined neonatal and post-neonatal IMR among AI/AN and whites.
  
  
  RESULTS
  AI/AN experienced significantly greater overall IMR in 1995-1999 and 2000-2004 than whites. While the reduction in the IMR between these time periods was statistically significant for whites, the reduction among AI/AN was not. We found that AI/AN had an IMR 1.5 times as high as that of whites.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While the overall IMR has decreased in AI/AN, disparities in postneonatal IMR persist between AI/AN and Whites.
authors: Patrik
authors: P
authors: Johansson
authors: Weston
authors: W
authors: Williams
authors: Ayman
authors: A
authors: El-Mohandes
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska / Q000208:ethnology; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000208:ethnology / Q000639:trends*; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology