Racial differences between linked birth and infant death records in Washington State.

Publisher: American Public Health Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1254074 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0090-0036 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00900036 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association
Original Publication: New York [etc.]

Ethnicity* ; Infant Mortality*; Birth Certificates ; Data Collection ; Death Certificates ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Medical Record Linkage ; Washington

The race of infants who died in Washington State 1968-1977 was ascertained by two different methods: 1) race on the death record, and 2) race on the corresponding linked birth record. The second method resulted in substantial increases in the numbers of infant deaths for the nonwhite races: Indian 39 per cent (n = 114/293), Filipino 56 per cent (n = 19/34), Japanese 121 per cent (n = 23/19), and Chinese 117 per cent (n = 14/12). For Indians, the discrepancy between birth and death records was greatest when the age at death was less than seven days (p < 0.01).

HSMHA Health Rep. 1971 Sep;86(9):810-4. (PMID: 5129291)
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1977 Jan 15;127(2):162-6. (PMID: 831497)

Date Created: 19800901 Date Completed: 19801024 Latest Revision: 20211203

20231215

PMC1619515

10.2105/ajph.70.9.974

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