Which statement explains why below poverty level African-Americans have the highest infant mortality rate in the United States?
a. Their diets are deficient in protein.
b. Infectious diseases are more prevalent.
c. More African-American infants are born with congenital anomalies.
d. Inadequate prenatal care is associated with low-birth-weight infants.
ANS: D
Inadequate prenatal care is the major factor associated with low-birth-weight infants, who are less likely to survive. A deficiency in protein is not a risk factor associated with infant mortality. Infectious disease is not more prevalent in the African-American population. There is not a higher incidence of congenital anomalies in the African-American population.
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