Question 39
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Each year, among the approximately 10,600 (1992-2002 year average) Delaware births, there are ___________Blank 1_________90 infant deaths. More than 70 __________Blank 2_________of these occur in the neonatal period (the first month of life). The remainder occur during the postneonatal period, from one month to the end of the first year of life. This suggests that __________Blank 3 _________ causes of infant death arise from maternal health factors, before or during pregnancy, that result in less healthy infants. Compared to the nation, Delaware’s increase in IMR began earlier, in the mid to late 1990s. About one-third of the rise was due to increases in low and very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Two-thirds was due to an increase in the risk of mortality among VLBW infants. The increased IMR among VLBW infants occurred mostly among conventionally low- risk women who were married, 30 years of age or older, living in suburban New Castle County, and receiving early prenatal care.
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