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Background Infant mortality is defined as the death of a child at any time after birth and before the child’s first birthday. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest infant and child mortality rate in the world.
Solomon Sisay Mulugeta+6 more
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Stellar Clusters in NGC 1313: Evidence for Infant Mortality [PDF]
We present evidence that infant mortality of stellar clusters is likely to be a major and very efficient process for the dissolution of young clusters in the spiral galaxy NGC 1313.
Anne Pellerin+4 more
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Infant Mortality and Race in Kansas
Background: Racial and ethnic minority infants and mothers have worse birth outcomes than Caucasian infants and mothers, specifically infant mortality.
Nikki Keene Woods+2 more
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International time trends in sudden unexpected infant death, 1969–2012
Background Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) - including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) - continues to be a major contributor to infant mortality worldwide. Our objective was to analyse time trends and to identify country-clusters.
Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn+6 more
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Background Ending preventable deaths of newborns and children under five by 2030 is among the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This study aimed to describe infant mortality rate due to preventable causes in Rio Grande do Sul (RS), the ...
Ivete Maria Kreutz, Iná S. Santos
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Maternal education and infant mortality decline: The evidence from Indonesia, 1980-2015
Background: Better maternal education has been credited with making a major contribution to infant mortality decline. Most of the evidence is based on cross-sectional analyses, which show a strong correlation between maternal education and infant ...
Jona Schellekens
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Sofas and Infant Mortality [PDF]
OBJECTIVE:Sleeping on sofas increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and other sleep-related deaths. We sought to describe factors associated with infant deaths on sofas.METHODS:We analyzed data for infant deaths on sofas from 24 states in 2004 to 2012 in the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths Case Reporting System ...
Rachel Y. Moon+3 more
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