High rates of postneonatal infant mortality generally reflect

A) poverty, malnutrition, and poor living conditions.
B) birth defects.
C) high rates of teenage pregnancy.
D) genetic defects.
E) biological differences between races.

Postneonatal Infant Mortality

The death of an infant aged 28 days to one year, often measured to assess and improve the health care and conditions affecting infants after the neonatal period.

Poverty

A socio-economic condition characterized by a lack of financial resources and access to basic needs.

Malnutrition

A condition that results from eating a diet in which one or more nutrients are either not enough or are too much, causing health problems.