Maternal and infant predictors of infant mortality in California, 2007-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify current maternal and infant predictors of infant mortality, including maternal sociodemographic and economic status, maternal perinatal smoking and obesity, mode of delivery, and infant birthweight and gestational age.

Methods

This retrospective study analyzed data from the linked birth and infant death files (birth cohort) and live births from the Birth Statistical Master files (BSMF) in California compiled by the California Department of Public Health for 2007-2015. The birth cohort study comprised 4,503,197 singleton births including 19,301 infant deaths during the nine-year study period. A subpopulation to study fetal growth consisted of 4,448,300 birth cohort records including 13,891 infant deaths.

Results

The infant mortality rate (IMR) for

SUBMITTER: Ratnasiri AWG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7410301 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature