African Americans whose incomes fall below the poverty level have the highest infant mortality rate in the United States because:
a. Infectious diseases are more prevalent.
b. More African American infants are born with congenital anomalies.
c. Their diets are deficient in protein.
d. Inadequate prenatal care is associated with low-birth-weight infants.
D
Inadequate prenatal care is the major factor associated with low-birth-weight infants, who are less likely to survive.
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.
A deficiency in protein is not a risk factor associated with infant mortality.
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