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Structural Racism, Racial Inequities and Urban–Rural Differences in Infant Mortality in the US

Description
Examines linked live birth/infant death data between 2013–2017 from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to determine overall and race-specific associations between 3 county-level structural racism indicators, infant mortality, and rural/urban differences.
Author(s)
Dovile Vilda, Rachel Hardeman, Lauren Dyer, Katherine P. Theall, Maeve Wallace
Citation
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(8), 788-793
Date
01/2021
Tagged as
Children and youth · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data