Background Wisconsin has the highest Black infant mortality rate (IMR) in the nation.
Objective Evaluate factors associated with racial inequity in IMR in Wisconsin. Study design …

Objectives: Understanding the factors contributing to black/white disparities in infant
mortality rates in Wisconsin is a prerequisite to decreasing these disparities and improving …

Despite substantial reductions in US infant mortality during the past several decades, black-
white disparities in infant mortality persist. Among 40 states with sufficient numbers of black …

Racial disparities in infant mortality have persisted, despite the overall decline in the United
States' overall infant mortality rate (IMR). The overall IMR of the entire United States (5.58 …

The purpose of this paper is to explore 10-year trends in infant mortality rates (IMRs) from
2007 to 2016 for non-Hispanic (NH) blacks and NH whites by levels of sociodemographic …

Racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality in the United States seem to defy all attempts
at elimination. Despite national priorities to eliminate these disparities, black infants are 2.5 …

Methods Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online
Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER, https://wonder. cdc. gov) Linked Birth …

To determine the extent to which disparities in risk status and access to tertiary care affect
racial differences in neonatal mortality rates among normal birth weight infants, we …

This paper has two objectives. First, we examine the Black–White disparity in the US infant
mortality rate (IMR) between 1995 and 2009, and explore the influence of socioeconomic …

Background: In the US, black infants remain more than twice as likely as white infants to die
in the first year of life. Previous studies of geographic variation in infant mortality disparities …