Table 2.
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) Ratios for Births to Mexican -Origin Women (compared with U.S.-born, non-Hispanic white women) Residing in Large Metropolitan Counties Near the U. S.-Mexico Border, 1995–2000
| Mexican-Origin | Non-Hispanic White,
U.S.-born |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Immigrant | U.S.-born | ||
| Age | |||
| Less than 1 hour | 0.88 | 1.10 | 1.00 |
| 1–23 hours | 0.97 | 1.16 | 1.00 |
| 1–6 days | 0.90 | 1.03 | 1.00 |
| 7–27 days | 1.04 | 1.25 | 1.00 |
| 28–90 days | 0.87 | 1.10 | 1.00 |
| 91–180 days | 0.74 | 1.08 | 1.00 |
| 181–364 days | 1.02 | 1.44 | 1.00 |
| Total Rate Ratio | 0.92 | 1.14a | 1.00 |
| Total IMR | 4.98 | 6.21 | 5.42 |
| Linked Deaths | 4,002 | 2,905 | 3,858 |
| Resident Births | 803,145 | 468,050 | 711,345 |
Source: Linked birth and infant death files for the United States, 1995–2000 (National Center for Health Statistics (1995–2000).
a
Rate ratio is significantly different from U.S.-born, non-Hispanic whites (p<. 05).