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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:90-91
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Maternal and Child Health

Commentary: Weathering Chicago

Arline T Geronimus

University of Michigan.

Correspondence: Arline T Geronimus, Dept. HBHE, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029, USA. E-mail: arline@umich.edu

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Rich-Edwards, Buka, Brennan, and Earls1 analyse citywide birth certificate data from Chicago for 1994 through 1996. They find increased risk of low birthweight with advancing maternal age (beginning at age 15) for black mothers in their unadjusted data, and an even steeper increase with maternal age among socioeconomically disadvantaged women, black or white. Previous researchers taking similar empirical approaches have arrived at generally similar findings for African American mothers, using birth certificate data from New York City (1987–1993)2 and Michigan (1989)3 Studies using other indicators of infant health show similar patterns. For example, in Harlem in 1990, infant mortality . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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