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We have begun to analyze several factors associated with mortality in the total population of livebirths to see how these risk factors affect mortality in the selected population of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Of the 450 admissions to the UTMB-NICU in 1983, 210 infants weighed less than 2000 g and account for all infants <2000 g born at UTMB. The number of admissions, the number of small for gestational age infants (SGA) and the number of deaths by birthweight and race were as follows:
Although race was related to birthweight (p<0.005) and birth-weight to mortality (p<0.0001), race nor size were independently related to mortality at a statistically significant level. Using logistic regression analysis the overall risk of mortality (ROM) for black infants compared to whites was determined to be 0.793 (p<0.5). Adjusting the logistic equation for birthweight and size, the ROM for black infants decreased to 0.392 (p<0.11). Although, these data fail to support the contention at a statistically significant level that ‘gram for gram black infants do better than whites’, the trend is apparent and requires further study.
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Malloy, M., Elder, K. & Rassin, D. 563 EFFECT OF RACE ON MORTALITY FOR INFANTS WEIGHING < 2000 GRAMS. Pediatr Res 19, 204 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198504000-00593
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