Trends and Racial and Geographic Differences in Infant Mortality in the United States Due to Necrotizing Enterocolitis, 1999 to 2020

Mattie F Wolf; Allison T Rose; Ruchika Goel; Jennifer Canvasser; Barbara J Stoll; Ravi M Patel

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1511

Trends and Racial and Geographic Differences in Infant Mortality in the United States Due to Necrotizing Enterocolitis, 1999 to 2020

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e231511. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1511.

Authors

Mattie F Wolf¹, Allison T Rose¹, Ruchika Goel², Jennifer Canvasser³, Barbara J Stoll¹, Ravi M Patel¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Simmons Cancer Institute, Springfield, Illinois.
³ NEC Society, Davis, California.

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This cohort study analyzes yearly trends in necrotizing enterocolitis–related infant mortality rates (NEC-IMR) from 1999 to 2020, overall and by Black and White race, and described Black-to-White NEC-IMR ratios and NEC-IMR for US states.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Enterocolitis, Necrotizing*
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases*
United States

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