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- Health Policy Challenges for India: Private Health Insurance and Lessons From the International Experience
- Over the last few decades, the Indian population has experienced great advances in its health situation. For instance, life expectancy at birth increased from 50 years in 1970 to an estimated 62 years in 1995 and is possibly even greater now. Infant mortality rates have fallen as well, from 137...
- White papers 2002-01-22
- Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight Among Black and White Infants --- United States, 1980--2000
- The findings of this report indicate that although infant mortality has decreased among all races during the past two decades, the overall black-white gap for infant mortality has widened. The lack of progress in closing this gap is a consequence of the persistence of a two- to threefold risk for...
- White papers 2002-07-17
- Births: Preliminary Data for 2003
- This paper presents preliminary data for 2003 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, race, and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status, tobacco use, prenatal care, cesarean delivery, preterm births, and low birth-weight are also presented. Data in this paper are...
- White papers 2004-11-23
- Trends in Characteristics of Births by State: United States, 1990, 1995, and 2000-2002
- This paper presents U.S. and State-level data on births, birth rates, fertility rates, sex ratio, marital status, and educational attainment by race and Hispanic origin for 1990, 1995, and 2000-2002. This paper also presents data on sex ratios, percentage unmarried, and educational attainment of mothers. Several observations from these data...
- White papers 2004-05-10
- Trends in Cesarean Birth and Vaginal Birth After Previous Cesarean, 1991-99
- This paper presents trends in rates of cesarean delivery and rates of vaginal birth after previous cesarean VBAC delivery for 1991.99. Data for the United States showing trends by maternal age, race/ethnicity, and State are presented. Also trends in cesarean rates by selected maternal characteristics, medical risk factors, and complications...
- White papers 2001-12-27
- Explaining the 2001-02 Infant Mortality Increase: Data From the Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set
- The U.S. infant mortality rate increased from 6.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 7.0 in 2002, the first increase in more than 40 years. From 2001 to 2002 infant mortality rates increased for very low birth weight infants as well as for preterm and very preterm...
- White papers 2005-01-24
- Births: Preliminary Data for 2002
- This paper presents preliminary data for 2002 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, race, and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status, prenatal care, cesarean delivery, preterm births, and low birth weight are also presented. The crude birth rate was 13.9...
- White papers 2003-06-25
- Births: Final Data for 2001
- This paper presents 2001 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal demographic characteristics including age, live-birth order, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, and educational attainment; maternal characteristics (medical risk factors, weight gain, tobacco, and alcohol use); medical care utilization by pregnant...
- White papers 2002-12-18
- Births: Preliminary Data for 2001
- This paper presents preliminary data for 2001 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, race, and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status, prenatal care, cesarean delivery, and low birth weight are also presented. The number of births, the crude birth rate,...
- White papers 2002-06-06
- Births: Final Data for 2000
- This paper presents 2000 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal demographic characteristics including age, live-birth order, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, and educational attainment; maternal characteristics (medical risk factors, weight gain, tobacco and alcohol use); medical care utilization by pregnant...
- White papers 2002-02-12
- Births: Preliminary Data for 2000
- This paper presents preliminary data for 2000 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, race, and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status, prenatal care, cesarean delivery, and low birth weight are also presented. The number of births rose 3 percent between...
- White papers 2001-06-24
- Births: Preliminary Data for 1999
- This paper presents preliminary data for 1999 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, race, and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status, prenatal care, cesarean delivery, and low birth weight are also presented. The crude birth rate in 1999 was 14.5...
- White papers 2000-08-08
- Births: Final Data for 1998
- This paper presents data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal demographic characteristics including age, live-birth order, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, and educational attainment; maternal lifestyle and health characteristics (medical risk factors, weight gain, and tobacco and alcohol use); medical care...
- White papers 2000-03-28
- Women and Post fertilization Effects of Birth Control: Consistency of Beliefs, Intentions and Reported Use
- This study assesses the consistency of responses among women regarding their beliefs about the mechanisms of actions of birth control methods, beliefs about when human life begins the intention to use or not use birth control methods that they believe may act after fertilization or implantation, and their reported use...
- White papers 2005-11-28
- Home Births: Less Interference, Same Mortality
- This paper talks about a prospective cohort study that involved 5,418 women who planned to deliver at home. The findings from the study reveals that home births aided by a certified professional midwife apparently involve less medical intervention and cause less intrapartum and neonatal mortality, similar to that of low-risk...
- White papers 2005-09-01
- U.S. Pregnancy Rate Down From Peak: Births and Abortions on the Decline
- The report, "Revised Pregnancy Rates, 1990-97, and New Rates for 1998-99: United States," uses complete counts of births as reported to CDC's National Center for Health Statistics through the National Vital Statistics System. Estimates of abortions are from abortion surveillance information collected from most States by CDC's National Center for...
- White papers 2003-10-31
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- U.S. HHS: Latest birth statistics for the nation released
- M2 PRESSWIRE-31 July 1998-U.S. HHS: Latest birth statistics for the nation released C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:300798 Birth Data Web Page The latest birth statistics for the United States show a continued decline in smoking during pregnancy, an improvement in prenatal care, and a drop...
- Research articles 1998-07-31
- US DEPT OF HHS: Teen birth rate down in all states.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-30 April 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: Teen birth rate down in all states C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:290499 * Drives U.S. Birth Rate to Record Low HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala released today a new HHS report stating...
- Research articles 1999-04-30
- Atlantis astronaut's wife gives birth 220 miles below
- JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston--Astronaut Randy Bresnik carried out a spacewalk Saturday awaiting word of the birth of his second child. Responding to a wake-up call from Houston early Sunday, he delivered the news that his wife, Rebecca, had given birth, saying "good morning, Houston. Good morning, Rebecca, good morning, Wyatt,...
- News items 2009-11-22
- U.S. Senate Votes to Ban Partial-Birth Abortion
- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On March 13, 2003, the United States Senate voted 64-33 to ban a gruesome abortion procedure known as partial-birth abortion. Partial-birth abortion involves the partial delivery of a fully formed unborn GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 13 /U.S. Newswire/ --...
- Research articles 2003-03-13
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