送交者: xj 于 2005-10-17, 17:56:22:
回答: Infant Mortality is much more complicated than simply "社会经济问题" 由 BT 于 2005-10-17, 17:45:48:
1) age: why do young women get pregnant? What kind of young women get pregnant? It is the poor!
2) smoking: What kind of women have higher smoking rate? The poor!
3) alchol: who well drink alchol during pregnancy? The poor!
4) Unintended pregnancy: no need to say
5) culture: whose culture? African American culture, Hispanic culture. etc. Do you hear about Caucasian culture?
6) obesity: what kind of people are obese?
7) Unequal Care: Do you think more care lead to high infant mortality?
8) education: self-evident
yes, there will be base infant mortality even if everybody gets the best care, but the high rate reflects something beyond physiology.
teenage pregnancy, unsatisfactory perinatal care, unhealthy behaviors during pregnancy, they are all linked to socioeconomic status.