From 1995-1997 to 2018-2020, there was an improvement in the preterm mortality rate in the United States, according to a study published online Sept. 5 in JAMA Pediatrics.
in a retrospective longitudinal descriptive study using data for 12,256,303 preterm infant births between 1995 and 2020.
The researchers found that from 1995-1997 to 2018-2020, there was a decrease in the average U.S. preterm infant mortality rate from 33.71 to 23.32 per 1,000 preterm births per year. The likelihood of dying following preterm births was higher for Black non-Hispanic versus White non-Hispanic infants ; extremely premature Black and Hispanic infants had a narrow survival advantage once born . The rate of decrease in preterm IMR was higher in Black versus White and Hispanic infants.
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