Infant Mortality
Features
- Continuing Need to Prevent Exposures During Pregnancy to Medications Known to Cause Birth Defects
- Study Finds Evidence Prenatal Screening is Most Effective Strategy to Prevent Newborn Strep B Infect
- Fact Sheet: Injuries/Deaths of Children Left Unattended
- Study Identifies SIDS Risk Factors Among American Indian Infants
- Smoking During Pregnancy--Rates Drop Steadily in the 1990's, But Among Teen Mothers Progress Has Sta
Continuing Need to Prevent Exposures During Pregnancy to Medications Known to Cause Birth Defects
CDC releases information on the correlation between pregnant women taking Accutane, and birth defects.... [more]
Study Finds Evidence Prenatal Screening is Most Effective Strategy to Prevent Newborn Strep B Infect
CDC releases data indicating routine screening for group B streptococcus late in pregnancy is the most effective way to prevent transmission of the bacteria from mother to child during delivery.... [more]
Fact Sheet: Injuries/Deaths of Children Left Unattended
CDC releases fact sheet on death and injuries for children left unattended around motor vehicles.... [more]
Study Identifies SIDS Risk Factors Among American Indian Infants
CDC releases informatio from study identifing important risk and protective factors for SIDS among this group of American Indians.... [more]
Smoking During Pregnancy--Rates Drop Steadily in the 1990's, But Among Teen Mothers Progress Has Sta
CDC report indicates smoking during pregnancy has dropped; teen pregnancy smoking rates have not changed significantly.... [more]
New CDC Report Analyzes Patterns of Infant Mortality in 2000
Report shows research findings on infant mortality patterns in 2000.... [more]
Infant Mortality Rates Vary by Race and Ethnicity
Statistics show that infant mortality rates vary based on race and ethnicity.... [more]
Infant Mortality Statistics Show Variation by Race, Ethnicity, and State
According to research findings,race, ethnicity, and state are contributing variables to infant mortality.... [more]
Infant Mortality Fact Sheet
CDC releases factsheet on infant mortality.... [more]
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