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| Marian F MacDormanSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Cesarean birth in the United States: epidemiology, trends, and outcomesMarian F MacDorman
Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 7318, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Clin Perinatol 35:293-307, v. 2008..quot; Several studies note an increased risk for neonatal and maternal mortality for medically elective cesareans compared with vaginal births...
Trends in preterm-related infant mortality by race and ethnicity, United States, 1999-2004Marian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Int J Health Serv 37:635-41. 2007..Continued tracking of preterm-related causes of infant death will improve our understanding of trends in infant mortality in the United States...
The challenge of infant mortality: have we reached a plateau?Marian F MacDorman
Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Rd, Room 7318, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Public Health Rep 124:670-81. 2009..We analyzed recent patterns and trends in U.S. infant mortality, with an emphasis on two of the greatest challenges: (1) persistent racial and ethnic disparities and (2) the impact of preterm and low birthweight delivery...- Explaining the 2001-2002 infant mortality increase in the United States: data from the linked birth/infant death data setMarian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Int J Health Serv 35:415-42. 2005..Although each of these factors may have contributed to the increase, the relative effects of these and other factors remain unclear. More detailed studies are needed to further explain the 2001-2002 infant mortality increase... - Race and ethnic disparities in fetal mortality, preterm birth, and infant mortality in the United States: an overviewMarian F MacDorman
Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Semin Perinatol 35:200-8. 2011..Preterm birth prevention is critical to lowering the infant mortality rate, and to reducing race and ethnic disparities in infant mortality... - Obstetrical intervention and the singleton preterm birth rate in the United States from 1991-2006Marian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Am J Public Health 100:2241-7. 2010..We examined the relationship between obstetrical intervention and preterm birth in the United States between 1991 and 2006... - Behind international rankings of infant mortality: how the United States compares with EuropeMarian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Int J Health Serv 40:577-88. 2010..The main cause of the United States' high infant mortality rate when compared with Europe is the very high percentage of preterm births in the United States, the period when infant mortality is greatest... - Recent trends and patterns in cesarean and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) deliveries in the United StatesMarian MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, Reproductive Statistics Branch, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Clin Perinatol 38:179-92. 2011..In 2007, the VBAC rate was 8.3% in a 22-state reporting area. The US VBAC rate was lowest among 14 industrialized countries; 3 countries had VBAC rates greater than 50%... - Infant and neonatal mortality for primary cesarean and vaginal births to women with "no indicated risk," United States, 1998-2001 birth cohortsMarian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Birth 33:175-82. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the causes of these differentials is important, given the rapid growth in the number of primary cesareans without a reported medical indication... - Births to 10-14 year-old mothers, 1990-2002: trends and health outcomesFay Menacker
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 53:1-18. 2004..3 percent) and low birthweight (12.6 percent). The infant mortality rate (15.4 per 1,000) was two to three times higher than that for infants of mothers aged 20-44 years... - Annual summary of vital statistics--2003Joyce A Martin
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Rd, Room 7330, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Pediatrics 115:619-34. 2005..Rates for unintentional injuries and homicide did not change significantly for children aged 1 to 19 years. A large proportion of childhood deaths continues to occur as a result of preventable injuries... - Infant mortality statistics from the 2002 period: linked birth/infant death data setT J Mathews
Division of Vital Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 53:1-29. 2004..A more intensive analysis of the rise in the infant mortality rate utilizing information on maternal and infant health risk factors available in the linked birth/infant death and fetal death data files is forthcoming... - Explaining the 2001-02 infant mortality increase: data from the linked birth/infant death data setMarian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 53:1-22. 2005..Although each of these factors may have contributed to the increase, the relative effects of these and other factors remain unclear. More-detailed studies are needed to further explain the 2001-02 infant mortality increase... - Infant mortality statistics from the 2006 period linked birth/infant death data setT J Mathews
Division of Vital Statistics, U S, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 58:1-31. 2010..The linked file differs from the mortality file, which is based entirely on death certificate data... - Infant mortality statistics from the 2005 period linked birth/infant death data setT J Mathews
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 57:1-32. 2008..The linked file differs from the mortality file, which is based entirely on death certificate data... - Trends and characteristics of home births in the United States by race and ethnicity, 1990-2006Marian F MacDorman
Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Birth 38:17-23. 2011..The purpose of the study was to analyze trends and characteristics in home births in United States by race and ethnicity from 1990 to 2006... - Neonatal mortality for primary cesarean and vaginal births to low-risk women: application of an "intention-to-treat" modelMarian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Birth 35:3-8. 2008..The purpose of this study was to use an "intention-to-treat" methodology, as recommended by a National Institutes of Health conference, to examine neonatal mortality risk by method of delivery for low-risk women... - Infant mortality statistics from the 2003 period linked birth/infant death data setT J Mathews
Division of Vital Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 54:1-29. 2006..For infants of non-Hispanic black and American Indian mothers, the SIDS rates were more than double the rate for non-Hispanic white mothers... - Annual summary of vital statistics--2002Elizabeth Arias
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Pediatrics 112:1215-30. 2003..Cancer and suicide levels did not change for children ages 1 to 19. A large proportion of childhood deaths continue to occur as a result of preventable injuries... - Infant mortality statistics from the 2001 period linked birth/infant death data setT J Mathews
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 52:1-28. 2003..3 percent for infants of Hispanic mothers. The SIDS rate declined by 11 percent from 2000 to 2001. For infants of black and American Indian mothers, the SIDS rates were 2.2 and 2.8 times that for non-Hispanic white mothers... - Fetal and perinatal mortality, United States, 2004Marian F MacDorman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 56:1-19. 2007..Trends in fetal and perinatal mortality are also examined... - Neonatal mortality risk for repeat cesarean compared to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) deliveries in the United States, 1998-2002 birth cohortsFay Menacker
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:147-54. 2010..This is the case even if there was no other reported medical indication. Our findings do not support the widely-held belief that neonatal mortality risk is significantly lower for repeat cesarean compared to VBAC delivery... - United States home births increase 20 percent from 2004 to 2008Marian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
Birth 38:185-90. 2011..The objective of this report was to examine the recent increase in home births and the factors associated with this increase from 2004 to 2008... - Fetal and perinatal mortality, United States, 2005Marian F MacDorman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 57:1-19. 2009..Trends in fetal and perinatal mortality are also examined... - Infant mortality statistics from the 2004 period linked birth/infant death data setT J Mathews
Division of Vital Statistics, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 55:1-32. 2007..The linked file differs from the mortality file, which is based entirely on death certificate data... - Cesarean delivery: background, trends, and epidemiologyFay Menacker
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Semin Perinatol 30:235-41. 2006..To examine trends in cesarean delivery for the overall population and for women with "no indicated risk" for cesarean section, and to summarize the available literature on "maternal request" cesarean deliveries... - Trends and characteristics of home and other out-of-hospital births in the United States, 1990-2006Marian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 58:1-14, 16. 2010..This report examines trends and characteristics of out-of-hospital and home births in the United States... - Annual summary of vital statistics--2001Marian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Pediatrics 110:1037-52. 2002..Among unintentional injuries to children, two-thirds were motor vehicle-related; among homicides, two-thirds were firearm-related... - Trends and characteristics of induced labour in the United States, 1989-98Marian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 6525 Belcrest Road, Room 820, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 16:263-73. 2002..More detailed studies are needed to examine physician decision-making protocols, particularly for preterm induction, and to assess the impact of these practice changes on patient outcomes... - Infant mortality statistics from the 2007 period linked birth/infant death data setT J Mathews
Division of Vital Statistics, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 59:1-30. 2011..The linked file differs from the mortality file, which is based entirely on death certificate data... - Trends and characteristics of home vaginal birth after cesarean delivery in the United States and selected StatesMarian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, USA
Obstet Gynecol 119:737-44. 2012..To examine trends and characteristics of home vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC) in the United States and selected states from 1990-2008... - Fetal and perinatal mortality, United States, 2003Marian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Natl Vital Stat Rep 55:1-17. 2007..Trends in fetal and perinatal mortality are also examined... - The contribution of preterm birth to infant mortality rates in the United StatesWilliam M Callaghan
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS K 23, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Pediatrics 118:1566-73. 2006..To address this apparent discrepancy, we sought to estimate more accurately the contribution of preterm birth to infant mortality rates in the United States... - Racial differences in leading causes of infant death in the United StatesPradip K Muhuri
Office of Research and Methodology, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 18:51-60. 2004.... - Neonatal mortality for low-risk women by method of deliveryMarian F MacDorman
Birth 34:101-2. 2007 - Method of delivery and neonatal mortality among very low birth weight infants in the United StatesPradip K Muhuri
Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Matern Child Health J 10:47-53. 2006..More specifically, to examine this association separately for breech/malpresenting and vertex-presenting infants, while adjusting for selected maternal characteristics, and pregnancy, labor and delivery complications... - Infant mortality statistics from the 2000 period linked birth/infant death data setT J Mathews
Natl Vital Stat Rep 50:1-28. 2002..For infants of black and American Indian mothers, the SIDS rates were 2.4 and 2.3 times that for non-Hispanic white mothers... - Fetal and neonatal mortality among twin gestations in the United States: the role of intrapair birth weight discordanceKitaw Demissie
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854, USA
Obstet Gynecol 100:474-80. 2002..To examine the association of intrapair birth weight discordance with fetal and neonatal mortality... - Infant mortality statistics from the 1999 period linked birth/infant death data setT J Mathews
Natl Vital Stat Rep 50:1-28. 2002..4 times that for non-Hispanic white mothers. SIDS rates for infants of Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander mothers, were 40-50 percent lower than those for non-Hispanic white mothers... - A comparison of risk factors for twin preterm birth in the United States between 1981-82 and 1996-97Michael D Kogan
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
Matern Child Health J 6:29-35. 2002..This paper examines risk factors for twin preterm birth in 1981-82 and 1996-97 in the United States in order to see if they have changed over time...