Infant death prediction using machine learning: A population-based retrospective study.

Journal: Computers in biology and medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite declines in infant death rates in recent decades in the United States, the national goal of reducing infant death has not been reached. This study aims to predict infant death using machine-learning approaches.

Authors

  • Zhihong Zhang
    School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 136, Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. Electronic address: 2006025@zzuli.edu.cn.
  • Qinqin Xiao
    Goergen Institute for Data Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA; The Warner School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
  • Jiebo Luo