Maternal and pregnancy factors contributing to the association between area deprivation and infant mortality in England: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic inequality in infant mortality in the UK is rising. This study aims to identify contributory maternal and pregnancy factors that can explain the known association between area deprivation and infant mortality.

Methods

A cohort study was conducted using Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) primary care data between 2004 and 2019 linked to the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), and infant mortality from the Office for National Statistics death data. Potential maternal and pregnancy contributory factors included: maternal age, prior maternal health conditions, pregnancy lifestyle factors and complications, use of medications during pregnancy, and characteristics of birth. Counterfactual-based decomposition analysis was used to quantify the relat

SUBMITTER: Ho FK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11670682 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature