Area-Level Risk Factors for Adverse Birth Outcomes: Trends in Urban and Rural Settings

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Examines whether adverse birth outcomes trends were associated with ZIP code-level percent poverty or percent African-American population, based on a study of Alabama birth records from 1990-2010. Includes data on preterm birth and low birth weight by level of rurality and population density. Includes data on adverse birth outcomes by race/ethnicity, age, education level, and payment method.

Shia T. Kent, Leslie A. McClure, Ben F. Zaitchik, Julia M. Gohlke

BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 13, 129

2013

Children and youth · Maternal health and prenatal care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · The South · Alabama