@article{ref1,
title="Postneonatal mortality among normal birth weight infants in Alabama, 1980 to 1983",
journal="Pediatrics",
year="1987",
author="Druschel, C. M. and Hale, C. B.",
volume="80",
number="6",
pages="869-872",
abstract="To identify reasons for the racial differential in postneonatal deaths and possible intervention strategies, Alabama's linked birth-death file was used to evaluate causes of postneonatal mortality for the 1980 to 1983 cohorts of normal birth weight infants. Causes were aggregated into six categories, and cause-specific rates were compared by race and by urban-rural residence. Both total and cause-specific postneonatal mortality rates among black infants were two or more times higher than for white infants, except for congenital anomalies. The greatest differential was for infection-related deaths. Rural residence increased both the risk of postneonatal death and the magnitude of the racial differential. The risks were especially elevated for deaths due to infection and &quot;systemic causes&quot; (including those in the perinatal category). Only 26% of postneonatal deaths were probably not preventable, and nearly one third were clearly preventable. Potential prevention strategies include injury control, prevention of infectious diseases, and prompt treatment of infectious diseases.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-4005",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}