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Peer reviewedHummer, Robert A.; Biegler, Monique; De Turk, Peter B.; Forbes, Douglas; Frisbie, W. Parker; Hong, Ying; Pullum, Starling G. – Social Forces, 1999
Health statistics show wide variations in risk and determinants of infant death across racial and ethnic subpopulations, a within-group advantage to being an immigrant, and the same direction of effects for mortality risk factors across groups. Efforts to lower infant mortality should benefit all groups. Contains 83 references. (TD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Demography, Ethnic Groups, Health
