When I was a typically paranoid new parent, I researched the odds of both at birth and after birth deaths. I was very surprised by the huge racial differences - a black infant is more than twice as likely to die during the first year than a white or Hispanic infant.<p>US statistics:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kff.org&#x2F;other&#x2F;state-indicator&#x2F;infant-mortality-rate-by-race-ethnicity&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kff.org&#x2F;other&#x2F;state-indicator&#x2F;infant-mortality-rate-b...</a><p>However, the parent paper&#x27;s abstract says that the primary difference is economic  - yet US hispanics have identical infant death rates to white Americans. Could anyone with access to the paper see if the authors actually for this a stronger correlation than race?