Disentangling the effects of risk factors and clinical care on subnational variation in early neonatal mortality in the United States.

OBJECTIVE: Between 1990 and 2010, the U.S ranking in neonatal mortality slipped from 29(th) to 45(th) among countries globally. Substantial subnational variation in newborn mortality also exists. Our objective is to measure the extent to which trends and subnational variation in early neonatal morta...

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Main Authors: Lahn D Straney, Stephen S Lim, Christopher J L Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3498121?pdf=render