Infant Mortality Rates for Farming and Unemployed Households in the Japanese Prefectures: An Ecological Time Trend Analysis, 1999–2017

Background: Recent research suggests that Japanese inter-prefecture inequality in the risk of death before reaching 5 years old has increased since the 2000s. Despite this, there have been no studies examining recent trends in inequality in the infant mortality rate (IMR) with associated socioeconom...

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Main Authors: Mariko Kanamori, Naoki Kondo, Yasuhide Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/31/1/31_JE20190090/_pdf