Trends and Racial and Geographic Differences in Infant Mortality in the United States Due to Necrotizing Enterocolitis, 1999 to 2020

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Mattie F Wolf, Emory University; Allison Rose, Emory University; Ruchika Goel, Simmons Cancer Institute; Jennifer Canvasser, NEC Society; Barbara Stoll, Emory University; Ravi Patel, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2023-03-03
• Publisher: JAMA Network Open.
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: 2023 Wolf MF et al. JAMA Network Open.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1511
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: JAMA Network Open
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 3
• Start Page: E231511
• End Page: E231511
• Grant/Funding Information: This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards T32 HL116271 and K23 HL128942.
• Keywords: Infant, Newborn, Diseases; United States; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing; Infant; Infant Mortality
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Oncology

Abstract

This cohort study analyzes yearly trends in necrotizing enterocolitis–related infant mortality rates (NEC-IMR) from 1999 to 2020, overall and by Black and White race, and described Black-to-White NEC-IMR ratios and NEC-IMR for US states.