MATERNAL SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND INFANT MORTALITY WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AS A MEDIATOR: AN INTER-COUNTRY COMPARISON BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND DENMARK USING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

ABSTRACT Objectives Higher rates of infant mortality in the UK than in the Nordic countries are partly explained by wider socio-economic disparities in the UK.We examined the extent to which low birth weight mediates the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and infant mortality using causal mediation analysis.We used cohorts of live birth

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