- Do premature infants have a higher or lower TBW than term infants?: higher
- In what tissue of the body is water least abundant?: adipose tissue
- neonatal: <1 month old
- nulliparity: never having carried a pregnancy
- parity: refers to the number of times a woman has given birth
- postneonatal: 1-11 months old
- What is the average TBW for a term infant?: 75%
- What is the average total body water (TBW) in adult men and women?: 55% and 51%
- What is the leading cause of death in postneonatal infants?: SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)
- What is the TBW during the 1st year of life and up until puberty?: 60%
- Which ethnic group in the US has the highest infant mortality rate?: Black (14/1000)
- Which ethnic group in the US has the lowest infant mortality rate?: Chinese (2.9/1000)