Methods and response characteristics, 1980 National Natality and Fetal Mortality Surveys.

Comparability of reporting between the birth certificate and the National Natality Survey.

Describes comparability of reporting of selected items common to the birth certificate and National Natality Survey questionnaires. Items include age and education of parents, number of previous children, number of fetal deaths, plurality, birth weight, length of pregnancy, and receipt of prenatal care. Querec, LindaJ. Comparability of reporting on birth certificates and national natality surve...

Use of diagnostic imaging procedures and fetal monitoring devices in the care of pregnant women.

Medical devices and diagnostic imaging procedures such as ultrasound, X-rays, and electronic fetal monitoring devices are used in the medical care of many pregnant women today. The responsibility for the safety and effectiveness of these diagnostic technologies is shared by a number of Public Health Service agencies, one of which is the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a unit ...

Simulated Estimates of Pre-Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the US: 1980 to 2008

PURPOSE To simulate national estimates of prepregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in non-Hispanic white (NHW) and non-Hispanic black (NHB) women. METHODS Prepregnancy diabetes and GDM were estimated as a function of age, race/ethnicity, and body mass index (BMI) using South Carolina live singleton births from 2004-2008. Diabetes risk was applied to a simulated population. Age, na...

Rate and Time Trend of Perinatal, Infant, Maternal Mortality, Natality and Natural Population Growth in Kosovo

AIM THE AIM OF WORK HAS BEEN THE PRESENTATION OF THE RATE AND TIME TRENDS OF SOME INDICATORS OF THE HEATH CONDITION OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN KOSOVO: fetal mortality, early neonatal mortality, perinatal mortality, infant mortality, natality, natural growth of population etc. The treated patients were the newborn and infants in the post neonatal period, women during their pregnancy and those 42...

Comparability of reporting between the birth certificate and the 1980 National Natality Survey.