Question 6
Fill in the blanks with correct expressions of numbers/values/quantity in the given subquestions. Each year, among the 1) ___________10,600 (1992-2002 year average) Delaware births, there are 2) _________ 90 infant deaths. More than 70 3) ________ 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 4) _______ 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 5) _________ 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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