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Peer reviewedEberstadt, Nicholas – Public Interest, 1994
Examines infant mortality rates in the District of Columbia and explains the causes. Comparisons are made between infant deaths in the district and in the United States as a whole, infant mortality rate differences by socioeconomic class and between blacks versus whites, and the influence of low rates of prenatal care and illegitimacy. (GLR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Illegitimate Births, Infant Mortality
