“…The paucity of information on this subject has encouraged the assumption that, today, socioeconomic differences in infant mortality do not exist in Sweden or other Scandinavian countries." 12 A recent, widely read review of inequalities in health stated that "the conclusion, expressed by many [is] that social inequalities in health in early life are negligible in Sweden, at least in those areas where information is available." '3 Several studies of socioeconomic differences in birth outcome in Sweden have been published'4 '8 but, as discussed below, they have several limitations.…”