The 1960s witnessed the greatest reduction in the mortality rates of black infants relative to
white infants of the last 50 years. We use these dramatic relative changes in the health of …

The dramatic reduction in the black–white earnings gap from 1965 to 1975 represents the
most significant period of economic progress for African-Americans in the post World War II …

Objectives. We evaluated whether the decline of the racial disparity in preterm birth during
the last decade was commensurate with a decline in the contribution of preterm birth to the …

We investigate three interrelated sources of change in infant mortality rates over a 20year
period using the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) linked birth and infant death …

In 2016 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that for the first time, US
women in their thirties were bearing more children than those in their twenties. Analyzing US …

Abstract Background: In the United States, Black infants have significantly worse birth
outcomes than do White infants. The cause of these persisting racial disparities remains …

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 …

Despite appreciable improvement in the overall reduction of infant mortality in the United
States, black infants are twice as likely to die within the first year of life as white infants, even …

Despite the best efforts by the public health community, the existence of disparity in African
American infant mortality appears to be insurmountable. Eliminating this disparity is the …

Preterm birth, a major determinant of infant mortality, has been increasing in recent years.
The authors examined trends in preterm birth and its determinants by using the US birth and …