Infant Mortality Rate: Texas
HometownIMR Rates - Then and Now
For this Discussionforum, you will take on one aspect of the role of an Epidemiologist. You will need to search out some data in the fonn of theInfant Mortality Rate (IMR) for the year that you were born, in the location of your birth (hometown), and the most current /MR for that location.
Post this on the discussion board and write 1-2 paragraphs (250 - 300 words) about your findings - include the years , whether or not there have been changes, and what factors you think account for the rates (e.g., if it was high/low at the time of your birth, what factors might account for this; what factors might account for changes over the years since your birth?).
To find the data, first review the sources you have already added to your Professional Resources Journal; then, you may want to do a Google search for, as an example, 1980 Infant Mortality Rate YourHomeTown (i.e., Tallahassee , Florida).
ou might have to do some searching - looking for state statistics, health department sites/data , population statistics, sus reports, etc.
Infant Mortality Rate: Texas
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I was born in 1975 in Dallas, Texas. The infant mortality rate statistics for Dallas is easily accessible. In 1975, Dallas County had 15 infant deaths per 1,000 live births (Texas DSHS, 2023). The infant mortality rate has rapidly declined to 6 per 1,000 live births in 2022 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). Dallas County had 229 infant deaths before reaching their first birthday last year. During my birth, the IMR was high. It was attributed to poor pregnancy-related outcomes linked to the prevalence of chronic maternal health conditions. Also, pregnancy obesity that caused complications during pregnancy led to a high infant mortality rate (Salahuddin et al., 2022). Diabetes and hypertension were high among mothers in Dallas, Texas. Further, birth deformities, maternal pregnancy problems, prematurity, sudden infant death syndrome, and respiratory distress syndrome were some of Dallas's main causes of infant mortality.
There have been changes from my birth time to the current IMR statistics. The infant mortality rate has declined tremendously, and Dalla has recently been meeting t...
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