Prematurity and low birth weight: geospatial analysis and recent trends
Abstract Prematurity and low birth weight are of concern in neonatal health. In this work, geospatial analysis was performed to identify the existence of statistically significant clusters of prematurity and low birth weight using Moran’s I. Data was obtained from March of Dimes and the National Cen...
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| description | Abstract Prematurity and low birth weight are of concern in neonatal health. In this work, geospatial analysis was performed to identify the existence of statistically significant clusters of prematurity and low birth weight using Moran’s I. Data was obtained from March of Dimes and the National Center for Health Statistics for the years 2015 to 2019. Analysis demonstrated the presence of hotspot (High-High) and coldspot (Low-Low) geographic clusters of these variables in regions across the United States. Additionally, factorial ANOVA was performed, and revealed the significance of demographic variables of interest. Given the strong relationship between these two variables, regions that are hotspots for one variable, but not the other, are of particular interest for further study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98d2008d46c545979c6ff502c4a811252022-12-22T00:14:24ZengBMCMaternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology2054-958X2022-04-01811410.1186/s40748-022-00137-xPrematurity and low birth weight: geospatial analysis and recent trendsNicholas Peterman0Bradley Kaptur1Morgan Lewis2Lindsey Ades3Kristine Carpenter4Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCarle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCarle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCarle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCarle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAbstract Prematurity and low birth weight are of concern in neonatal health. In this work, geospatial analysis was performed to identify the existence of statistically significant clusters of prematurity and low birth weight using Moran’s I. Data was obtained from March of Dimes and the National Center for Health Statistics for the years 2015 to 2019. Analysis demonstrated the presence of hotspot (High-High) and coldspot (Low-Low) geographic clusters of these variables in regions across the United States. Additionally, factorial ANOVA was performed, and revealed the significance of demographic variables of interest. Given the strong relationship between these two variables, regions that are hotspots for one variable, but not the other, are of particular interest for further study.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40748-022-00137-xPrematurityLow birth weightGeospatialClusterNeonatal |
| spellingShingle | Nicholas Peterman Bradley Kaptur Morgan Lewis Lindsey Ades Kristine Carpenter Prematurity and low birth weight: geospatial analysis and recent trends Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology Prematurity Low birth weight Geospatial Cluster Neonatal |
| title | Prematurity and low birth weight: geospatial analysis and recent trends |
| title_full | Prematurity and low birth weight: geospatial analysis and recent trends |
| title_fullStr | Prematurity and low birth weight: geospatial analysis and recent trends |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prematurity and low birth weight: geospatial analysis and recent trends |
| title_short | Prematurity and low birth weight: geospatial analysis and recent trends |
| title_sort | prematurity and low birth weight geospatial analysis and recent trends |
| topic | Prematurity Low birth weight Geospatial Cluster Neonatal |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40748-022-00137-x |
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