Disparities in Mortality Trends for Infants of Teenagers: 1996 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Although mortality rates are highest for infants of teens aged 15 to 19, no studies have examined the long-term trends by race and ethnicity, urbanicity, or maternal age. The objectives of this study were to examine trends and differences in mortality for infants of teens by race and ethnicity and urbanicity from 1996 to 2019 and estimate the contribution of changes in the maternal age distribution and maternal age-specific (infant) mortality rates (ASMRs) to differences in infant deaths in 1996 and 2019.

Methods

We used 1996 to 2019 period-linked birth and infant death data from the United States to assess biennial mortality rates per 1000 live births. Pairwise comparisons of rates were conducted using z test statistics and Joinpoint Regression was

SUBMITTER: Woodall AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10178899 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature