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Perinatal and infant health among rural and urban American Indians/Alaska Natives.
- Source :
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American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2002 Sep; Vol. 92 (9), pp. 1491-7. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Objectives: We sought to provide a national profile of rural and urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) maternal and infant health.<br />Methods: In this cross-sectional study of all 1989-1991 singleton AI/AN births to US residents, we compared receipt of an inadequate pattern of prenatal care, low birthweight (< 2500 g), infant mortality, and cause of death for US rural and urban AI/AN and non-AI/AN populations.<br />Results: Receipt of an inadequate pattern of prenatal care was significantly higher for rural than for urban mothers of AI/AN infants (18.1% vs 14.4%, P </=.001); rates for both groups were over twice that for Whites (6.8%). AI/AN postneonatal death rates (rural = 6.7 per 1000; urban = 5.4 per 1000) were more than twice that of Whites (2.6 per 1000).<br />Conclusions: Preventable disparities between AI/ANs and Whites in maternal and infant health status persist.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Alaska epidemiology
Cause of Death
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.
Pregnancy
Prenatal Care standards
Public Health
Risk Factors
United States epidemiology
Indians, North American statistics & numerical data
Infant Mortality
Infant Welfare ethnology
Inuit statistics & numerical data
Rural Health
Urban Health
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0090-0036
- Volume :
- 92
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of public health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12197982
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.92.9.1491