Vital Statistics of the United States, 1950. National Office of Vital Statistics, Public Health Service, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

1955 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne McMillen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
United States Department ◽  
States Department ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
National Office

ANNUAL SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS—1960

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 324-327
Author(s):  
Myron E. Wegman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Service ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Previous Experience ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Office

Each year the National Vital Statistics Division (formerly, National Office of Vital Statistics), a unit of the Public Health Service, publishes a summary of the provisional vital statistics of the United States of America, based on estimates derived from monthly reports on certificates filed in registration offices around the country. For 1960, this is published in Volume 9, No. 13, May 31, 1961, of the Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Previous experience has shown that the estimates reflect quite well, with certain reservations, the final reports available much later. As in previous years1 an abstract of the data most likely to interest pediatricians is presented herewith.

scholarly journals Interpersonal influence among public health leaders in the United States Department of Health and Human Services

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenine K. Harris ◽  
Bobbi J. Carothers ◽  
Lana M. Wald ◽  
Sarah C. Shelton ◽  
Scott J. Leischow
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Human Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Interpersonal Influence ◽  
States Department ◽  
Health And Human Services ◽  
Department Of Health

<em>Background</em>. In public health, interpersonal influence has been identified as an important factor in the spread of health information, and in understanding and changing health behaviors. However, little is known about influence in public health leadership. Influence is important in leadership settings, where public health professionals contribute to national policy and practice agendas. Drawing on social theory and recent advances in statistical network modeling, we examined influence in a network of tobacco control leaders at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). <em>Design and Methods.</em> Fifty-four tobacco control leaders across all 11 agencies in the DHHS were identified; 49 (91%) responded to a web-based survey. Participants were asked about communication with other tobacco control leaders, who influenced their work, and general job characteristics. Exponential random graph modeling was used to develop a network model of influence accounting for characteristics of individuals, their relationships, and global network structures. <em>Results</em>. Higher job ranks, more experience in tobacco control, and more time devoted to tobacco control each week increased the likelihood of influence nomination, as did more frequent communication between network members. Being in the same agency and working the same number of hours per week were positively associated with mutual influence nominations. Controlling for these characteristics, the network also exhibited patterns associated with influential clusters of network members. <em>Conclusions</em>. Findings from this unique study provide a perspective on influence within a government agency that both helps to understand decision-making and also can serve to inform organizational efforts that allow for more effective structuring of leadership.

ANNUAL SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS—1961

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1000-1004
Author(s):  
Myron E. Wegman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
The Public

THIS year's summary of provisional vital statistics for the United States in 1961 indicates that over-all birth and death rates are essentially unchanged from 1960. Each year the National Vital Statistics Division, a unit of the Public Health Service, publishes estimated rates that, except when specifically noted, are provisional and based on a 10% sample of reported births and deaths. Experience has shown, however that final national figures agree closely with these estimates, which are derived from monthly reports on certificates filed in registration offices around the country. The rates for 1961 are published in Volume 10, No. 13, April 30, 1962 (Part 1) and July 31, 1962 (Part 2), of the Monthly Vital Statistics Report.

PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSING, MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1095-1096
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Medical Social Work ◽  
National Office ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
High Level ◽  
Monthly Variations

AS PART of its Monthly Vital Statistics Report, the National Office of Vital Statistics of the U. S. Public Health Service publishes each year an estimate of the most important statistical indices of the previous year. In the March 12, 1957 issue of the Report, Vol. 5, No. 13, Part 1, the annual summary of provisional vital statistics for the year is presented. Monthly variations for the four major indices, Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Infant Mortality, are shown in Figure 1, [See FIG. 1. in Source Pdf.] which compares the data for 1956 with 1955. It is to be noted that the data are provisional and subject to connection. Previous experience, however, indicates little likelihood of more than very minor changes. Births in 1956 climbed to another recordbreaking high with registered births reaching 4,168,000, on a rate of 24.9 pen 1,000 population. Addition of an estimate for unregistered births raises the total to 4,220,000, or a rate of 25.2. The birth rate has maintained a consistently high level for more than a decade, having achieved a high point of 26.6 in 1947. As in previous years, highest rates centered in the south, lowest in the northeastern areas of the country. Deaths in 1956 totaled 1,565,000, a rate of 9.4 per 1,000 population, slightly higher than the rate of 9.3 in 1955 and the low of 9.2 reached in 1954.

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