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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 5.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2012 Apr;16(3):615–623. doi: 10.1007/s10995-011-0794-9

Table 3.

Effects of MCH services provided by LHDs in 1993 and/or 2005 and change mortality rates for Black residents, White residents, and for the Black-White mortality gap.

MCH All ages Ages 15–44 Females Infant

N Black White Gap N Black White Gap N Black White Gap N Black White Gap

Family Planning 434 −21.045 −16.495 −4.550 140 −12.896 −16.094* 3.199 320 −43.952* −7.447 −36.505* 124 −103.009 5.330 −108.339

Prenatal Care 428 −78.231* 29.024 −102.254** 144 16.454 4.763 11.691 319 11.500 22.750 −11.250 129 9.890 73.078** −63.187

OB Care 423 −28.350 −16.793** −11.557 139 −6.863 −4.332 −2.530 310 25.081 −11.468 36.549* 123 64.620 29.406 35.214

WIC 445 −54.634 −32.389** −22.245 144 −4.680 −1.031 −3.649 327 −47.482* −19.475* −28.007 128 −6.158 46.792 −52.950

EPSDT 435 −25.677 −6.709 −18.968 142 −12.456 −1.009 −11.447 320 −16.311 4.728 −21.038 126 21.225 36.398 −15.172

p-value: * <0.1

**

<0.05,

***

<0.01

Note that Immunizations was not included among the regression analyses due to lack of variation in LHD provision of immunization activities.