According to data reported weekly by the CDC, the death rate in America remains elevated. In the six years prior to the COVID era, deaths in the United States averaged between 2.6 and 2.8 million people per year. These averages are adjusted for population growth, and with a population as...
Background: Breastfeeding is the biologic norm for infant feeding and vitally important for newborns especially the low birth weight (LBW) infant population who have higher morbidity and mortality. For LBW infants in Ohio, prevalence of breastfeeding with maternal sociodemographicfactors is not fully ...
Infant mortalityPregnancy group supportSocial determinantsObjectives To describe temporal changes in maternal and child health outcomes in an impoverished urban community after the implementation of an innovative community-based pregnancy support program, named Moms2B. Methods Beginning in 2011, pregnant women...
It is reported that three times as many infants die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome caused by maternal smoking as are killed as a result of homicide or child abuse. 18. Almost half of the world's children regularly breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke, particularly at home. 19. The vast...
The infection rate and spread of vaccine virus could be monitored within a flock and between flocks using the present method. Since this new method detects the viral genome, the presence of IBDV in a flock can be confirmed without waiting for serum antibodies to be produced. ___ # SEQUENCE...
Introduction Infant mortality rate is a sensitive metric for population health and well-being. Challenges in achieving accurate reporting of these data can
Underreporting of maternal deaths on death certificates and the magnitude of the problem of maternal mortality. OBJECTIVES: I studied the extent to which maternal deaths are underreported on death certificates. METHODS: We collected data on maternal deaths from death... Horon,L Isabelle - 《American...
Maternal age specific risk rate estimates for Down syndrome among live births in whites and other races from Ohio and metropolitan Atlanta, 1970-1989. Our primary objective was to estimate, by one year and five year intervals, maternal age specific risk rates for Down syndrome among whites and ...
Ohio calculated a 2013 SMM rate of 144 per 10,000 delivery hospitalizations; Massachusetts calculated a rate of 162. Ohio observed no increase in the SMM rate from 2008 to 2013; Massachusetts observed a 33% increase. Both identified disparities in SMM rates by maternal race, age, and ...
Cigarette smoking is prevalent in Ohio and the state ranks eighth in the nation in smoking rate. The current smoking prevalence rate in 2003 was 25.4% among adults [2] and was 22.2% among grades 9-12 [3]. Two of the national health objectives for 2010 are to reduce the prevalence of ...