Income inequality and racial disparities in pregnancy-related mortality in the US.

ABSTRACT: In this ecological study, we examined the associations between state-level income inequality and pregnancy-related mortality among non-Hispanic (NH) black and NH white populations across the US. We estimated total population and race-specific 5-year pregnancy-related mortality ratios in each state based on national death and live birth records from 2011 to 2015. We obtained data on Gini coefficients for income inequality and population-level characteristics from the US Census American Community Survey. Poisson regression with robust standard errors estimated pregnancy-related mortality rate ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) associated with a one unit increase in income inequality overall and separately within black and white populations. Adjusted linear regression models estima

SUBMITTER: Vilda D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6734101 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature