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Neonatal mortality among disaggregated Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations.

Maricar INÝ, Helkey D, Nadarajah S, Akiba R, Bacong AM, Razdan S, Palaniappan L, Phibbs CS, Profit J. Neonatal mortality among disaggregated Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 2024 Oct 13.

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Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: We compared neonatal ( < 28 days) mortality rates (NMRs) across disaggregated Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) groups using recent, national data. STUDY DESIGN: We used 2015-2019 cohort-linked birth-infant death records from the National Vital Statistics System. Our sample included 61,703 neonatal deaths among 18,709,743 births across all racial and ethnic groups. We compared unadjusted NMRs across disaggregated AANHPI groups, then compared NMRs adjusting for maternal sociodemographic, maternal clinical, and neonatal risk factors. RESULTS: Unadjusted NMRs differed by over 3-fold amongst disaggregated AANHPI groups. Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander neonates in aggregate had the highest fully-adjusted odds of mortality (OR: 1.08 [95% CI: 0.89, 1.31]) compared to non-Hispanic White neonates. Filipino, Asian Indian, and Other Asian neonates experienced significant decreases in odds ratios after adjusting for neonatal risk factors. CONCLUSION: Aggregating AANHPI neonates masks large heterogeneity and undermines opportunities to provide targeted care to higher-risk groups.




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