Maternal Nativity, Race, and Ethnicity and Infant Mortality in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Racial disparities in infant mortality in the US are well-established, but the associations among maternal nativity status, race, ethnicity, and infant mortality remain understudied.

Objective

To examine the associations among maternal nativity status and infant mortality by maternal race and ethnicity in the US, and to assess whether these associations differ by gestational age.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, population-based cohort study used linked birth and infant death records for all recorded US live births from 2016 to 2022. Births to foreign residents and those with missing data on maternal nativity, race, ethnicity, or gestational age were excluded.

Exposure

Maternal nativity status (US born vs non-US born).

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SUBMITTER: Christodoulakis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12776206 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature