BACKGROUND Preterm birth rates have increased substantially in the recent years mostly due to obstetric intervention. We studied the effects of increasing iatrogenic preterm birth on temporal trends in perinatal mortality and serious neonatal morbidity in the United States. METHODS We used data on singleton and twin births in the United States, 1995-2005 (n = 36,399,333), to examine trends in...

Objectives: This study analyzes the distribution of sex ratio at birth in a Saudi population using data collected from the birth database of an urban teaching hospital and to assess the potential effect of the gulf war on it. Design: Database on all hospital births was used to calculate the sex ratios for all live births. Setting: Births at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Saudi ...

OBJECTIVE While high parity is hypothesized to be associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, few studies have examined this association in diverse racial samples or geographical areas. Our objectives were to estimate the magnitude of association between parity and diabetes and to determine if higher parity is predictive of future risk of diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This...

The incidence and aetiologies of neonatal convulsions within a hospital population were reviewed over 10 years (1971-80 inclusive). Three periods, 1971-4 (12 904) live births). 1975-7 (13 304 live births), and 1978-80 (14 849 live births) during this decade are compared. The overall incidence of neonatal convulsions rose from 2-6/1000 and then to 8.6/1000 live births. Most convulsions were asso...

BACKGROUND Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The objective was to estimate the disease burden attributable to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in two referral hospitals in Uganda. METHODS Through a prospective cohort study conducted in Jinja and Mulago hospitals in Uganda from March 1, 2013 and February 28, 2014, hypertension-related cases we...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To estimate birth prevalence of tetralogy of Fallot (TF) in Malta. DESIGN Retrospective data collection and analysis, and comparison with earlier epidemiological studies dealing with congenital heart disease. SETTING Regional hospital providing exclusive diagnostic and follow up services for the entire country of Malta. PATIENTS All Maltese live births diagnosed as having ...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to use simple clinical questions to group women and provide their specific rates of miscarriage, preterm delivery, and stillbirth for reference. Further, our purpose was to describe who has experienced particularly low or high rates of each event. METHODS Data were collected as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, a national prospective cohort. Repr...

BACKGROUND This study determines the prevalence of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), diagnosed prenatally or in infancy, and fetal and perinatal mortality associated with CHD in Europe. METHODS AND RESULTS Data were extracted from the European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies central database for 29 population-based congenital anomaly registries in 16 European countries covering 3.3 million...

Background—This study determines the prevalence of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), diagnosed prenatally or in infancy, and fetal and perinatal mortality associated with CHD in Europe. Methods and Results—Data were extracted from the European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies central database for 29 population-based congenital anomaly registries in 16 European countries covering 3.3 million b...

The incidence of Down syndrome was studied in Jerusalem for the years 1964-1970 showing an overall incidence rate of 2.43 per 1,000 live births. A National Down Syndrome Register was established in 1978 and data on annual incidence and mortality rates from 1979-1997 is presented. The incidence in 1997 was 1.0 per 1,000 live births, but 2.32 per 1,000, when live births and terminated pregnancies...