International Infant Mortality Rates: Bias from Reporting Differences

Embry Howell and Beatrice Blondel

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Abstract: This paper suggests that there may be international differences in reporting of very-low-birthweight infants and perinatal deaths and that such reporting differences bias comparisons of national perinatal and infant mortality rates.

Keywords: International; Infant mortality rates; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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