STUDY OBJECTIVE The accuracy of the official statistic on infant deaths in Taiwan has been questioned. This study aimed to survey infant deaths nationwide, to measure associated vital statistics, and compare them with the official statistics to assess accuracy. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS A nationwide survey of all gestational outcomes occurring at > or = 20 weeks' gestation over a three day stud...

The goal of this study was to assess the prevalence and trends of anencephaly on the basis of a large population-based cases identified by the Liaoning Birth Defects Registry, which included 14 cities over a 10-year period. Anencephaly prevalence, percent change, average changeand the contribution rates of each city were calculated. Statistical analysis was undertaken on the basis of a Poisson ...

The aim of this study was to survey multiple birth data and to analyze the recent trends of multiple births and its consequences on perinatal problems in Korea from 1991 to 2008. Data were obtained from the Korean Statistical Information Service. The total number of multiple births showed increasing trends. The multiple birth rate was maintained within less than 10.0 for the decade from 1981 to...

during an eight month prospective study, 8240 newborns were examined for detection of congenital dislocation of the hip from oct. 23, 1991 to june 22, 1992. on first examination we found 1302 neonates (158/1000 live births) to have abnormal hips 1063 (81.6%) were prone to subluxation (subluxatable), 218 (16.81 %) prone to dislocation (dislocatable), 17 (1.3%) were dislocated and 4 (0.3%) were t...

a descriptive prospective study was undertaken to determine birth weight, length and head circumference of live births and to examine the effect of maternal age, parity and gestational age on birth sizes of the live births. a total of 459 term singleton maternal– neonate pairs were studied. the neonates had anthropometric measurements determined with in 24hours of life using standard methods. t...

Few reports provide pregnancy or birth rates for large groups of infertile couples having a comprehensive range of treatments. This model utilizes published evidence about diagnosis, treatment, the duration of treatment and the proportion of couples receiving treatment. Assisted reproduction technology treatment (ART) utilization was set arbitrarily at three levels: 3, 10 or 50% of the couples ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome for all infants born before 33 weeks gestation until discharge from hospital. DESIGN A prospective observational population based study. SETTING Nine regions of France in 1997. PATIENTS All births or late terminations of pregnancy for fetal or maternal reasons between 22 and 32 weeks gestation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Life status: stillbirth, live birth, d...

To characterize temporal variations of live births in Japan, we analyzed data on the 1,203,147 births of 1998. In hospitals, with 20+ beds, the daily average of live births was significantly lower at weekends and national holidays (mean=1,433, SD = 100) than on weekdays (mean = 1,957, SD = 126). Hourly distributions of live births showed a single sharp peak at 1:00-2:59 pm on weekdays with a sm...