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. 2018 May 10;4(3):24-31.
doi: 10.32481/djph.2018.05.006. eCollection 2018 May.

Delaware Infant Mortality

David A Paul  1 , Neal D Goldstein  1   2   3 ; MBI;2; Robert Locke  3
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Delaware Infant Mortality

David A Paul et al. Dela J Public Health. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
US and Delaware Infant Mortality Rate and US Healthy 2020 Target Goals (Best fit lines)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Racial-Ethnic Differences in Gestational Age Among Infants Admitted to the Christiana Care Health System NICU Over Time
Figure 3
Figure 3
Percent preterm births in DE and US 1999-2015. (Note: Beginning in 2014 NCHS changed the standard for gestational period from the Last Menstrual Period based gestation period to the Obstetric/Clinical Gestation Estimate based gestation period)
Figure 4A
Figure 4A
Percentage of Delaware Infant deaths by birthweight (bars) compared to percentage of births by weight (line).
Figure 4B
Figure 4B
Delaware IMR by birthweight (bars) compared to percentage of births by weight (lines).
Figure 5
Figure 5
Percent of infants admitted to the Christiana Hospital NICU whose mothers had pre-existing or gestational diabetes or a hypertensive disorder during pregnancy.
Figure 6
Figure 6
Comparative Infant Mortality Rates Between US and Delaware Based on Race/Ethnicity
Figure 7
Figure 7
DE IMR before and after the start of DHMIC in 2005
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