Assessment and Evaluation, Center on Health Disparities, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Med Educ Online. 2013 Sep 10;18:22503. doi: 10.3402/meo.v18i0.22503.
Among all of the industrialized countries, the United States has the highest infant mortality rate. Racial and ethnic disparities continue to plague the United States with a disproportionally high rate of infant death. Furthermore, racial disparities among infant and neonatal mortality rates remain a chronic health problem in the United States. These risks are based on the geographical variations in mortality and disparities among differences in maternal risk characteristics, low birth weights, and lack of access to health care.
在所有工业化国家中,美国的婴儿死亡率最高。种族和民族差异继续困扰着美国,导致婴儿死亡率过高。此外,婴儿和新生儿死亡率的种族差异仍然是美国的一个慢性健康问题。这些风险基于死亡率的地理差异以及产妇风险特征、低出生体重和获得医疗保健机会方面的差异。