We used population-based birth certificate data from vital statistics records and retrieved 40,968,266 birth certificates of neonates born between 1980 and 2004. We analyzed time trends using linear regression analysis in examining whether the decline in birthweight could be explained by obstetrical va...
Black women are more likely to give birth out of hospital without a professional attendant than are white women; discrepancy exists between birth certificate reports and prospective study reports (Declercq, personal communication). Since physicians generally do not attend planned OOHBs in the United ...