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- Carlson, Elwood, et al.
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Low-weight Neonatal Survival Paradox in the Czech Republic
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In: American Journal of Epidemiology. - 0002-9262 .- 1476-6256. ; 149:5, s. 447-453
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Analysis of vital statistics for the Czech Republic between 1986 and 1993, including 3,254 infant deaths from350,978 first births to married and single women who conceived at ages 18-29 years, revealed a neonatalsurvival advantage for low-weight infants born to disadvantaged (single, less educated) women, particularly fordeaths from congenital anomalies. This advantage largely disappeared after the neonatal period. The samepatterns have been observed for low-weight infants born to black women in the United States. Since the CzechRepublic had an ethnically homogenous population, virtually universal prenatal care, and uniform institutionalconditions for delivery, Czech results must be attributed to social rather than to biologic or medicalcircumstances. This strengthens the contention that in the United States, the black neonatal survival paradoxmay be due as much to race-related social stigmatization and consequent disadvantage as to any hypothesizedhereditary influences on birth-weight-specific survival. Am J Epidemiol 1999; 149:447-53.
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- Carlson, Elwood, et al.
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Trajectories of Fetal Loss in the Czech Republic
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In: Demography. - 0070-3370 .- 1533-7790. ; 36:3, s. 327-337
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Using data for 555,038 pregnancies conceived in the Czech Re- public in 1987-1990, we show that pronounced differences in fetal survival in the middle trimester ofpregnancy by marital status, edu- cational level, and labor force attachment become much smaller at full term; survival differences by age at conception and number of previous deliveries show relatively constant proportional hazards throughout gestation. Social inequalities in postpartum life chances have been documented previously, but we show that similar in- equalities exist before birth.
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