Between 1968 and 1978, the rates for spontaneous deaths, recorded on Upstate New York fetal death certificates, that occurred after 28 or more weeks of gestation dropped 37 percent, and the rates for deaths that occurred at 20 to 27 completed weeks of gestation dropped 12 percent. However, the rates of reported spontaneous fetal deaths after 16 to 19 weeks gestation dropped only 4 percent. The rates for such deaths at 12-15 weeks of gestation increased by 21 percent and by 55 percent at less than 12 weeks of gestation. The decline in the late fetal death rate is probably attributable, at least in part, to medical and social advances during this period. The reported rise in early fetal deaths may be due, among other factors, to changes in reporting practices or to earlier deaths of conceptuses that formerly would have been lost after 20 weeks of gestation.
Holstein, E C; Deuschle, K W; Bosch, S; Fischer, E; Rohl, A N; Selikoff, I J;
Published Date:
1984 Mar-Apr
Source:
Public Health Rep. 99(2):193-199
Description:
The Port Allegany Asbestos Health Program (PAAHP) is a unique, community-run program that resulted from the successful cooperative efforts of a labor union, a corporation, community health care providers, and a medical school. PAAHP's goal is to deve...
This analysis is based on the 1972 and 1980 National Natality Surveys, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. About 10.6 percent (381,000) of women in the United States who delivered live infants in 1980 were sterilized postpartum. A...
Prager, Kate; Malin, Henry; Spiegler, Danielle; Van Natta, Pearl; Placek, Paul J.;
Published Date:
1984 Mar-Apr
Source:
Public Health Rep. 99(2):117-127
Description:
Data from the 1980 National Natality Survey (NNS) and the 1980 National Fetal Mortality Survey (NFMS) are used to describe the drinking and smoking behavior of married mothers before and during pregnancy according to maternal race and Hispanic origin...
The association of childbearing at early and late ages with various adverse outcomes of pregnancy was explored in data collected in the 1980 National Natality and Fetal Mortality Surveys. The characteristics of interest for teenage mothers were marit...
A retrospective review of the charts of 52 patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the New York Hospital was conducted to determine the prevalence of recorded psychiatric complications and the use of psychiatric consultation. Neur...
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), a new epidemic disease characterized by dysfunction of cellular immunity, is most common among homosexual and bisexual males with multiple sexual partners and users of intravenous drugs. AIDS appears to be ...
Assuring all infants a healthy start in life and enhancing the health of their mothers are goals of the Public Health Service's health promotion and disease prevention initiative. The 13 priority objectives selected for the pregnancy and infant healt...
Data from the 1980 National Natality and National Fetal Mortality Surveys were used to characterize the occupations of women during the year before delivery; to search for disproportionate numbers of adverse pregnancy outcomes in specific occupationa...
Seven Public Health Service agencies collaborated with the National Center for Health Statistics in designing, funding, and analyzing the 1980 National Natality Survey (NNS) and 1980 National Fetal Mortality Survey (NFMS). The 1980 NNS-NFMS were nati...
Placek, Paul J.; Keppel, Kenneth G.; Taffel, Selma M.; Liss, Teri L.;
Published Date:
1984 Mar-Apr
Source:
Public Health Rep. 99(2):173-183
Description:
In the 1980 National Natality and Fetal Mortality Surveys, information about fetal monitoring and type of delivery was obtained from hospitals for a sample of 9,941 live births and 6,386 fetal deaths of 28 weeks' gestation or more. Data in this analy...
Hutchins, Vince; Kessel, Samuel S.; Placek, Paul J.;
Published Date:
1984 Mar-Apr
Source:
Public Health Rep. 99(2):162-172
Description:
Today, low birth weight--weight less than 2,500 grams (5 pounds 8 ounces)--is recognized as the single most significant characteristic of the newborn associated with a greater risk of mortality and morbidity. This paper highlights maternal and infant...
Hamilton, Peggy M.; Roney, Paul L.; Keppel, Kenneth G.; Placek, Paul J.;
Published Date:
1984 Mar-Apr
Source:
Public Health Rep. 99(2):146-151
Description:
The 1980 National Natality Survey (NNS) and 1980 National Fetal Mortality Survey (NFMS) provide a unique opportunity to examine variation in exposure to radiation during pregnancy for mothers of live-born and stillborn infants. Maternal race, age, ed...
Abma, Joyce C.; Curtin, Sally C.; Henshaw, Stanley K.; Mosher, William D.; Ventura, Stephanie J.;
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Alan Guttmacher Institute.
Published Date:
January 2000
Series:
Vital and health statistics. Series 21, Data from the national vital statistics system ; no. 56
DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2000-1934
Description:
OBJECTIVES: This report presents national estimates of pregnancies and pregnancy rates according to women's age, race, and Hispanic origin, and by marital status, race, and Hispanic origin. Data are presented for 1976-96. Data from the National Surve...
This handbook contains instructions for funeral directors for completing and filing records of death and fetal death. These instructions pertain to the 2003 revisions of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Death and the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Dea...
Ventura, Stephanie J.; Taffel, Selma M.; Mosher, William D.;
Published Date:
1985 Jan-Feb
Source:
Public Health Rep. 100(1):31-34
File Type:
[PDF - 1.13 MB]
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