Smoking, obesity, drug use, and general poor lifestyle also correlate highly negatively with income, and can increase infant mortality. Being a Black American correlates negatively with income, and positively with low birth weight and infant mortality (note that Black Americans have an infant mortality rate of 16/1000, vs about 7/1000 among White Americans).
With such large confounding factors, how can you draw the conclusion you seem to be implying?
With such large confounding factors, how can you draw the conclusion you seem to be implying?