Birth weight and fetal death in the United States: The effect of maternal diabetes during pregnancy

2002 ◽  
Vol 187 (4) ◽  
pp. 922-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myriam A.J. Mondestin ◽  
Cande V. Ananth ◽  
John C. Smulian ◽  
Anthony M. Vintzileos
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Fetal Death ◽  
Maternal Diabetes ◽  
The United States

Recent Declines in Breast-Feeding in the United States, 1984 Through 1989

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan S. Ryan ◽  
David Rush ◽  
Fritz W. Krieger ◽  
Gregory E. Lewandowski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
College Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Infants And Children ◽  
Supplemental Food ◽  
White Ethnicity ◽  
Breast Feed

Ongoing surveys performed by Ross Laboratories demonstrate recent declines both in the initiation of breast-feeding and continued breast-feeding at 6 months of age. Comparing rates in 1984 and 1989, the initiation of breast-feeding declined approximately 13% (from 59.7% to 52.2%), and there was a 24% decline in the rate of breast-feeding at 6 months of age (from 23.8% to 18.1%). The decline in breast-feeding was seen across all groups studied but was greater in some groups than in others. Logistic regression analysis indicates that white ethnicity, some college education, increased maternal age, and having an infant of normal birth weight were all positively associated with the likelihood of both initiating breast-feeding and continuing to breast-feed to at least 6 months of age. Women who were black and who were younger, no more than high school educated, enrolled in the Women, Infants and Children supplemental food program, working outside the home, not living in the western states, and who had an infant of low birth weight were less likely either to initiate breast-feeding or to be nursing when their children were 6 months of age. The factors influencing the decline in breast-feeding were not uniform. There were fewer sociodemograpahic factors associated with the decline in the initiation of breast-feeding than in the decline in prolonged breast-feeding. While the disparity between older and younger mothers in initiating breast-feeding increased, there was an offsetting trend as the disparity associated with parity decreased. The only other significantly changed relationship for initiation of breast-feeding was that the disparity associated with higher income increased significantly: the decline in the rates of breast-feeding among the less affluent was greater than among the more affluent. Many more sociodemographic factors were significantly associated with declines in breast-feeding at 6 months of age. The disparity between those mothers not employed and those employed increased (from an odds ratio of 1.65 in 1984 to 2.43 in 1989). The disparities associated with age and parity both increased over time: the rate of breast-feeding declined more steeply among younger and primiparous mothers than among older and multiparous mothers. Similarly, the declines were greater among those enrolled in the Women, Infants and Children program (compared with those not enrolled), those with less than a college education (compared with some college education), and those not residing in the western region of the United States (compared with those residing in the West). Educational efforts to promote breast-feeding are needed for all pregnant women and should be particularly directed toward the groups who have experienced the most rapid recent decline in the rates of breast-feeding.

Retinopathy of Prematurity: An Estimate of Vision Loss in the United States—1979

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 924-926
Author(s):  
Dale L. Phelps
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Retinopathy Of Prematurity ◽  
Simple Formula ◽  
Vision Loss ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regional Data ◽  
Incidence Data ◽  
Prevention And Treatment

The number of infants blinded from retinopathy of prematurity in the United States in 1979 is estimated to be 546, based on birth-weight-specific published survival statistics and ROP incidence data. Approximately 2,100 infants will be affected by cicatricial disease annually. A simple formula is presented that permits estimation of incidence data based on other regional data. It is suggested that increased attention be focused on this old enemy in order to document its incidence worldwide and to learn more about its prevention and treatment.

126 Maternal age and risk of fetal death in twin gestations in the United States

2001 ◽  
Vol 185 (6) ◽  
pp. S116
Author(s):  
Joseph Canterino ◽  
Cande Ananth ◽  
John Smulian ◽  
John Harrigan ◽  
Anthony Vintzileos
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Maternal Age ◽  
Fetal Death ◽  
The United States

Will Neonatology Vanish in 1995?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 792-793
Author(s):  
EMILE PAPIERNIK
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
The United States ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants

In Reply.— The interest of neonatologists in preventing preterm deliveries is remarkable in the United States. In France, where a policy of prevention was developed nationally in 1971, the first impulse also came from the neonatologists and specifically Alex Minkowski, who challenged the obstetricians to propose a real prevention program. The results of this program have now been published.1 incidence of very low birth weight infants in France in 1972 was 0.8 and in 1981 0.4.2

736: Birth weight disparities between three race nativity groups in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 218 (1) ◽  
pp. S442
Author(s):  
Emily A. Oliver ◽  
Brian A. Kellert ◽  
Bethany T. Stetson ◽  
Mark A. Klebanoff ◽  
Irina A. Buhimschi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
The United States
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