Science news articles about 'infant mortality rates'
U.S. falls behind other developed countries in infant mortality
... United States ranks 29th. The rate has not improved because of an increase in premature births, health ... mortality rate barely budged between 2000 and 2005, causing the United States to slip further ...Premature births worsen US infant death rate
... often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday ...Infant play drives chimpanzee respiratory disease cycles
... long predate attendance of children at schools, with chimpanzee infant mortality rates cycling in phase ... peak play age. These highly playful infants produced a social bridge between community members ...Infant Play Drives Chimpanzee Respiratory Disease Cycles
... effect of social connectivity on disease cycling may long predate attendance of children at schools, with chimpanzee infant mortality rates cycling in phase with rates of social play amongst infants.Preterm birth contributes to growing number of infant deaths
... Statistics from the 2005 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set," Vol. 57 ... statistically significant, according to the report. While the infant mortality rate dropped more than 9 percent between 1995 ...Study in JAMA study links primary care shortage with salary disparities
... a lower percentage of primary care physicians with higher infant mortality rates, higher overall death rates and more deaths from heart disease and cancer. Ebell said he conducted the study ...Peer-led sex education does not reduce abortions among teenagers
... approaches to reduce the adoption of sexual risk behaviours by young people" in the UK and, more importantly, in countries with higher incidence of HIV, and high maternal and infant mortality rates.Studies link maternity leave with fewer C-sections and increased breastfeeding
... take such leave with low birthweight and infant mortality. Rates of pre-term delivery were lower ... leave, significantly decreased low birthweight rates. According to the U.S. Census, among working women ...Study reveals conflict between doctors, midwives over homebirth
... hospital, but the United States has one of the highest infant mortality rates of any developed country, with 6. ... occur in the home with the assistance of midwives, has a lower rate of 4.73 deaths per 1 ...First of its kind study identifies risk factors for LRTIs in Inuit children
... specialist and researcher at St. Michael's Hospital. "Infants of Inuit race were nearly four times more ... Statistics Canada data, the Aboriginal infant mortality rate in Nunavut is two-to-three times ...Study finds segregation decreases access to surgical care for minorities
... the U.S. Studies have shown that segregated African-American communities have higher infant mortality rates, decreased access to appropriate cancer care and worse outcomes from organ transplantation ...
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