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Factors that mediate racial/ethnic disparities in US fetal death rates

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  • Lorch, S.A.
  • Kroelinger, C.D.
  • Ahlberg, C.
  • Barfield, W.D.

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Objectives. We sought to determine the importance of socioeconomic factors, maternal comorbid conditions, antepartum and intrapartum complications of pregnancy, and fetal factors in mediating racial disparities in fetal deaths. Methods. We undertook a mediation analysis on a retrospective cohort study of hospital-based deliveries with a gestational age between 23 and 44 weeks in California, Missouri, and Pennsylvania from 1993 to 2005 (n = 7 104 674). Results. Among non-Hispanic Black women and Hispanic women, the fetal death rate was higher than among non-Hispanic White women (5.9 and 3.6 per 1000 deliveries, respectively, vs 2.6 per 1000 deliveries; P

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  • Lorch, S.A. & Kroelinger, C.D. & Ahlberg, C. & Barfield, W.D., 2012. "Factors that mediate racial/ethnic disparities in US fetal death rates," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 102(10), pages 1902-1910.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2012.300852_6
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300852
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