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Validity of the Spanish surname infant mortality rate as a health status indicator for the Mexican American population

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  • Selby, M.L.
  • Lee, E.S.
  • Tuttle, D.M.
  • Loe Jr., H.D.

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This study assessed the validity of the Spanish surname infant mortality rate as an index of urban Mexican American health status. Neonatal, postneonatal, and risk-factor-specific mortality rates were computed from linked birth and infant death records of the 1974-75 Harris County, Texas, cohort of 68,584 for Spanish surname White, non-Spanish surname White, and Black single live births. Infants of Mexican-born immigrants were distinguished from those of other Spanish surname parents by parental nativity information on birth records. Infants of Mexican immigrants had paradoxically low mortality rates for high birth order, high maternal age, and delayed or absent prenatal care; only infants weighing

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  • Selby, M.L. & Lee, E.S. & Tuttle, D.M. & Loe Jr., H.D., 1984. "Validity of the Spanish surname infant mortality rate as a health status indicator for the Mexican American population," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 74(9), pages 998-1002.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1984:74:9:998-1002_7
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    1. James Cramer, 1987. "Social factors and infant mortality: Identifying high-risk groups and proximate causes," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 24(3), pages 299-322, August.
    2. Richard Rogers, 1989. "Ethnic and Birth Weight Differences in Cause-Specific Infant Mortality," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 26(2), pages 335-343, May.
    3. Douglas Forbes & W. Frisbie, 1991. "Spanish Surname and Anglo Infant Mortality: Differentials Over a Half-Century," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 28(4), pages 639-660, November.

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