Article: Birth facts.

Article: Birth certificates as a source for fetal alcohol syndrome ...
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  April 7, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... 86% had FAS diagnosed on the date of birth and 94% within 2 days of birth. From 1989 through 1992, MACDP identified ... cases (overall rate: 2.3 per 10,000 births). FAS was noted on the birth certificates of 14 infants. Four of the ...

Article: Birth Defects
Genetics;      700+ words ... ... 3 to 4 percent of all live births are affected by a birth defect; the causes of most ... arise. LEADING CATEGORIES OF BIRTH DEFECTS Birth Defects Estimated Incidence ... Heart and circulation 1 in 115 births Muscles and skeleton 1 in 130 ...

Article: Birth defects
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... other information on the birth, in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. All Norwegian births are recorded in this registry ... researchers to link the birth records of these women to ... birth defects lived to 15 years of age, while 98% of the ...

Article: Birth rates drop another 1% in 2002.(By the Numbers)
Home Accents Today;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the other hand, the birth rate for women in ... 1990 and 2002, the birth rate for this age ... increase of 3% per year. The number of births to women age 35-39 years reached another record ... this age group. The birth rate for women in ...

Article: Birth at home
The Press;  January 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Home Birth Midwives Christchurch ... and assisting at births in Christchurch for more than 10 years. The practice ... attend around 150 births a year. Nationally ... choosing home births is around 6 per ... per cent. Home Birth Midwives offers ...

Article: 2007 birth rate tops 1950s baby boom peak.(Statistical ...
Kids Today;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to 106.4 births per 1,000 ... the previous year's 105 ... growth rate in births was charted ... aged 25-29 years. This group has the highest birth rate among ... 29th straight year. Rates for ... reached 47.5 births per 1,000 ... the past 40 years. For women 40-44, birth ...

Article: Teenage Birth Rates
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... U.S. teen birth rates remain ... group, 18-19 years, the birth rate fell to 72.8 births per 1,000 ... the 15-17 year age group ... the number of births per 1,000 ... of 1 5-19 years, the birth rate fell 5 ...