Infant mortality by birthweight and other characteristics
Subtitle: United States, 1985 birth cohort
By: Kate Prager.
Series: Vital and health statistics.; no. 24; DHHS publication ;; no. (PHS) 94-1852
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Hyattsville, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Infants -- United States -- Mortality -- Statistics.; United States -- Statistics, Medical.
Description: U.S. infant mortality is analyzed for the 1985 birth cohort by birthweight, mother's age, prenatal care, and other characteristics. The effect of cohort and period on race-specific infant mortality rates is analyzed. The report also discusses the history of linked birth and infant death files in the Public Health Service and provides a detailed description of the methodology for creating linked files at the National Center for Health Statistics."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
U.S. infant mortality is analyzed for the 1985 birth cohort by birthweight, mother's age, prenatal care, and other characteristics.  The effect of cohort and period on race-specific infant mortality rates is analyzed.  The report also discusses the history of linked birth and infant death files in the Public Health Service and provides a detailed description of the methodology for creating linked files at the National Center for Health Statistics."
"July, 1994."