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Table 2 Infant, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality risk by age group, stratified by race

From: Socioeconomic factors and adolescent pregnancy outcomes: distinctions between neonatal and post-neonatal deaths?

Race

Age group

Neonatal mortality

Post-neonatal mortality

  

Rate (per 1000 births)

cOR (95% CI)

Rate (per 1000 births)

cOR (95% CI)

Non-Hispanic White

12–17 years

5.3

1.63 (1.02, 2.47)

4.4

2.58 (1.56, 4.24)

 

18–19 years

3.7

1.14 (0.79, 1.64)

3.0

1.75 (1.11, 2.75)

 

20–35 years

3.2

reference

1.7

reference

Non-Hispanic Black

12–17 years

10.4

1.41 (0.84, 2.39)

7.0

1.63 (0.84,3.19)

 

18–19 years

9.0

1.23 (0.74, 2.04)

5.0

1.15 (0.59, 2.26)

 

20–35 years

7.3

reference

4.3

reference

  1. cOR = crude odds ratio, CI = confidence intervals