Katarína Rosi?ová|Andrea Madarasová Gecková|Jitse P. van Dijk|Jana Kollárová|Martin Rosi?|Johan W. Groothoff
Regional socioeconomic indicators and ethnicity as predictors of regional infant mortality rate in Slovakia
Technical University of Košice|Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic|University of Prešov|University Medical Center Groningen|University of Groningen
exploring associations regional differences infant mortality selected socioeconomic indicators ethnicity could offer important clues designing public health policy measuresdata included perinatal infant mortality 79 districts slovak population 2004 linear regression used analyse contribution education unemployment income proportion roma population regional differences perinatal infant mortality ratesall explored socioeconomic indicators ethnicity individually contributed significantly perinatal infant mortality exception income model exploring influence variables together perinatal infant mortality effect proportion roma population remained significant model explained 349 variance perinatal 364 variance infant mortalityliving roma settlements indicates accumulation socioeconomic disadvantage health literacy healthrelated behaviour many factors might contribute explanation differences infant mortality better understanding processes might help us design tailored interventions