The influence of maternal age, birth order and socioeconomic status on infant mortality in Chile

R. Cabrera

American Journal of Public Health, 1980, vol. 70, issue 2, 174-177

Abstract: In Chile between 1969 and 1974 the birth rate declined by 10 per cent and the infant mortality rate by 18.6 per cent. In 1974 there were proportionately fewer births at high birth order than in 1969. Such births carry significantly higher risk to the infant in both the neonatal and postneonatal period of life. Comparison of data from urban areas of high and low socioeconomic status yield similar findings.

Date: 1980
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