Using the Index of Concentration at the Extremes to Examine the Impact of Air Pollution Exposure on Infant Mortality in the United States

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dc.contributor.advisorNguyen, Quynhen_US
dc.contributor.authorAmmons, Samanthaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEpidemiology and Biostatisticsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-20T05:37:42Z
dc.date.available2019-06-20T05:37:42Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: The concentration of privilege in a geographic area can determine how vital resources are distributed among certain groups in that area, thus influencing a community’s health. High air pollutant exposure is often concentrated in deprived neighborhoods with lack of vital resources. Objective: Determine whether states with a high concentration of air pollution exposure have higher infant mortality rates (IMR) than states with lower concentrations of air pollution exposure. Methods: The Index of Concentration of the Extreme was utilized to measure the concentration of air pollution exposure for each state. Incidence Rate Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for state infant mortality rate were computed using Poisson regression in Statistical Analysis Software. Results: States with high concentrations of air pollution exposure had 19% lower IMR than states with low air pollution exposure (95%CI:0.70 – 0.94). Conclusions: These findings can enable researchers to conduct census-tract research on adverse health outcomes and societal distributions.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/vqvg-ecyn
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22010
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPublic healthen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental justiceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAir Pollution Exposureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAir Quality Indexen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEnvironmental Justiceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledInfant Mortalityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPrivilegeen_US
dc.titleUsing the Index of Concentration at the Extremes to Examine the Impact of Air Pollution Exposure on Infant Mortality in the United Statesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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