The impact of population heterogeneity on the age trajectory of neonatal mortality: A study of US births 2008–2014

The impact of population heterogeneity on the age trajectory of neonatal mortality: A study of US births 2008–2014

BACKGROUND: The risk of death declines rapidly over the first month of life. It has been theorized that the fast pace of this decline is explained by hidden population heterogeneity resulting in a mortality selection process whereby the frailest infants leave the population at the fastest rate. A co...

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Main Author: Jonas Schöley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2025-08-01
Series:Demographic Research
Subjects:
frailty
heterogeneity
infant mortality
mortality
mortality selection
neonatal mortality
United States of America
Online Access:https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/53/7
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