caa a22 4500 47705546X CHVBK 20180405111346.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961101xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/2061781 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.2307/2061781 Compromised birth outcomes and infant mortality among racial and ethnic groups [Elektronische Daten] [W. Frisbie, Douglas Forbes, Starling Pullum] Research based on hospital records demonstrates that many births classified as normal according to conventional demographic measurement are intrauterine growth-retarded (IUGR) when evaluated clinically; also, in addition to birth weight and gestational age, it is necessary to focus on a third dimension, maturity, in analyses of birth outcomes. Although clinical studies allow more precise classification, the small number of cases tends to result in unreliable estimates of rates and in loss of genera lizability. The fetal growth ratio, a measure recently shown to be a valid proxy for maturity, is used here to develop a classification system based on combinations of weight, gestational age, and maturity, which we apply in a comparative analysis of a large data set. The results show large differences in the distribution of compromised births across racial and ethnic groups, as well as significant race/ethnic differentials in the risk of infant mortality associated with adverse outcomes. Population Association of America, 1996 Frisbie W. Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, TX aut Forbes Douglas Douglas Forbes, Southwest Texas State University and Starling G. Pullum, USA aut Pullum Starling The University of Texas at Austin, USA aut Demography Springer-Verlag 33/4(1996-11-01), 469-481 0070-3370 33:4<469 1996 33 13524 https://doi.org/10.2307/2061781 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/2061781 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Frisbie W. Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, TX aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Forbes Douglas Douglas Forbes, Southwest Texas State University and Starling G. Pullum, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pullum Starling The University of Texas at Austin, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Demography Springer-Verlag 33/4(1996-11-01), 469-481 0070-3370 33:4<469 1996 33 13524 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer