Association of State-Level Tax Policy and Infant Mortality in the United States, 1996-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Infant mortality in the United States is highest among peer nations; it is also inequitable, with the highest rates among Black infants. The association between tax policy and infant mortality is not well understood.

Objective

To examine the association between state-level tax policy and state-level infant mortality in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This state-level, population-based cross-sectional study investigated the association between tax policy and infant mortality in the US from 1996 through 2019. All US infant births and deaths were included, with data obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics. Data were analyzed from November 28, 2021, to July 9, 2022.

Exposures

State-level tax policy was operationalized as tax rev

SUBMITTER: Junior JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10126872 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature