FATAL INJURES TO U.S. INFANTS, 1983-1987

国家卫生统计中心将出生和死亡记录联系起来， 为美国婴儿提供了第一次评估 人口统计学、社会经济学和产前风险因素 一岁以下婴儿因受伤而死亡。 美国 对儿童死亡的研究一直局限于极其稀少的 标准死亡证明上的信息。 两个描述性 1983-1988年婴儿死亡的危险因素分析， 准备出版。 特别令人感兴趣的是最近 分类为以下类别的婴儿伤害死亡的方法分析 “未确定的意图。“通过评估这些疾病的风险因素概况， 受伤，可以将这些受伤归类为可能的 有意或无意的。 这项研究有着巨大的公众 对健康的影响，因为这种伤害可能会增加虐待儿童的比率 在美国，一岁以下儿童的死亡率下降了10-15%。

The National Center for Health Statistics linked birth and death records for U.S. infants provides the first opportunity to assess the demographic, socioeconomic and prenatal risk factors associated with deaths due to injuries in infants less than one year of age. U.S. studies of childhood deaths have been limited to the extremely sparse information available on standard death certificates. Both descriptive and risk factor analysis of infant deaths for 1983-1988 are being prepared for publication. Of particular interest is a recent methodological analysis of infant injury deaths that are classified as "undetermined intent." By evaluating risk factor profiles of such injuries, it may be possible to classify these injuries as likely intentional or likely unintentional. This study has enormous public health implications, as such injuries could increase rates of child abuse in the less than one year age group by 10-15% in the U.S.