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To the Editor: In the United States, foreign-born groups usually display lower rates of morbidity and mortality relative to those born in the United States. However, the rate of fetal death (FD) by nativity has not been studied to my knowledge.^1-2 New Jersey, which has a relatively large proportion of foreign-born residents, is also one of the few states that requires reporting of the mother's country of birth in all cases of FD. I examined FD rates by nativity and race/ethnicity, using statewide data from New Jersey.

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New Jersey requires the reporting of FDs at 20 or more gestational weeks, as well as the mother's race/ethnicity and nativity. This analysis is based on FDs and live births to female residents of New Jersey from 1991 to 1998, inclusive. I calculated FD rates in New Jersey by dividing the number of FDs within race/ethnicity and nativity categories by the total number . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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