Autopsy patterns in 2003

"March 2007""by Donna L. Hoyert, Ph.D.; Hsiang-Ching Kung, Ph.D.; and Jiaquan Xu, M.D., Division of Vital Statistics" - p. 1Also available via the World Wide Web.Includes bibliographical references (p. 32)

Estimated pregnancy rates for the United States, 1990-2005, an update

OBJECTIVES: This report presents detailed pregnancy rates for 1990-2005, updating a national series of rates extending since 1976. METHODS: Tabular data on pregnancy rates by age, race and Hispanic origin, and by marital status are presented and briefly described. RESULTS: in 2005, an estimated 6,408,000 pregnancies resulted in 4.14 million live births, 1.21 million induced abortions, and 1.06 million fetal losses. The 2005 pregnancy rate of 103.2 pregnancies per 1000 women aged 15-44 years is 11 percent below the 1990 peak of 115.8. The teenage pregnancy rate dropped 40 percent from 1990 to 2005, reaching an historic low of 70.6 per 1000 women aged 15-19 years. Rates fell much more for younger than for older teenagersby Stephanie J. Ventura, Joyce C. Abma, William D. Mosher, Division of Vital Statistics; and Stanley K. Henshaw, The Guttmacher InstituteOctober 14, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (p. 2-3)

Deaths: final data for 2008

"Objectives: This report presents final 2008 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant mortality, and trends by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin, race, state of residence, and cause of death. Methods: Information reported on death certificates, which are completed by funeral directors, attending physicians, medical examiners, and coroners, is presented in descriptive tabulations. The original records are filed in state registration offices. Statistical information is compiled in a national database through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. Causes of death are processed in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD- 10). Results: In 2008, a total of 2,471,984 deaths were reported in the United States. The age-adjusted death rate was 758.3 deaths per 100,000 standard population, a decrease of 0.2 percent from the 2007 rate and a record low figure. Life expectancy at birth rose 0.2 years, from 77.9 years in 2007 to a record-high 78.1 years in 2008. The age-specific death rate increased for age group 85 years and over. Age-specific death rates decreased for age groups: less than 1 year, 5-14, 15-24, 25-34, 35-44 and 65-74. The age-specific death rates remained unchanged for age groups: 1-4, 45-54, 55-64 and 75-84. The 15 leading causes of death in 2008 remained the same as in 2007, but Chronic lower respiratory diseases and suicide increased in the ranking while stroke and septicemia decreased in the ranking. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in 2008 after more than five decades at number three in the ranking. Chronic lower respiratory diseases is the third leading cause of death for 2008. The infant mortality rate decreased 2.1 percent to a historically low value of 6.61 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2008. Conclusions: The decline of the age-adjusted death rate to a record low value for the United States and the increase in life expectancy to a record high value of 78.1 years are consistent with long-term trends in mortality." - p. 1Abstract -- Highlights -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results and discussion -- Expectation of life at birth and at specified ages -- Leading causes of death -- Injury mortality by mechanism and intent -- Drug-induced mortality -- Alcohol-induced mortality -- State of residence -- Infant mortality -- Additional mortality tables based on 2008 final data -- References -- List of detailed tables -- Acknowledgments -- Suggested citation -- Technical notes -- Detailed tables -- Technical notes tablesby Arialdi M. Minin\u303o, Sherry L. Murphy, Jiaquan Xu, and Kenneth D. Kochanek, Division of Vital Statistics.Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-35).Minin\u303o AM, Murphy SL, Xu JQ, Kochanek KD. Deaths: Final Data for 2008. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 59 no 10. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2011

Deaths: leading causes for 2009

Objectives: This report presents final 2009 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are also presented. This report supplements the Division of Vital Statistics' annual report of final mortality statistics. Methods: Data in this report are based on information from all death certificates filed in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2009. Causes of death classified by the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) are ranked according to the number of deaths assigned to rankable causes. Cause-of-death statistics are based on the underlying cause of death. Results: In 2009, the 10 leading causes of death were, in rank order: Diseases of heart; Malignant neoplasms; Chronic lower respiratory diseases; Cerebrovascular diseases; Accidents (unintentional injuries); Alzheimer's disease; Diabetes mellitus; Influenza and pneumonia; Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis; and Intentional self-harm (suicide). These causes accounted for approximately 75% of all deaths occurring in the United States. Differences in the rankings are evident by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant death for 2009 were, in rank order: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities; Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified; Sudden infant death syndrome; Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy; Accidents (unintentional injuries); Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes; Bacterial sepsis of newborn; Respiratory distress of newborn; Diseases of the circulatory system; and Neonatal hemorrhage. Important variations in the leading causes of infant death are noted for the neonatal and postneonatal periods.Abstract -- Introduction -- Data and methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- List of detailed tables -- Technical notes.by Melonie Heron.October 26, 2012."This report was prepared in the Division of Vital Statistics (DVS).""CS234449."Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (2.56 MB, 96 p.).Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-16).Heron M. Deaths: Leading causes for 2009. National vital statistics reports; vol 61, no 7. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2012

Infant mortality statistics from the 2004 period linked birth, infant death data set

OBJECTIVES: This report presents 2004 period infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infant death data file by a variety of maternal and infant characteristics. The linked file differs from the mortality file, which is based entirely on death certificate data. METHODS: Descriptive tabulations of data are presented and interpreted. Excluding rates by cause of death, the infant mortality rate is now published with two decimal places. RESULTS: The U.S. infant mortality rate was 6.78 infant deaths per 1000 live births in 2004 compared with 6.84 in 2003. Infant mortality rates ranged from 4.67 per 1,000 live births for Asian and Pacific Islander mothers to 13.60 for non-Hispanic black mothers. Among Hispanics, rates ranged from 4.55 for Cuban mothers to 7.82 for Puerto Rican mothers. Infant mortality rates were higher for those infants whose mothers were born in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, were unmarried, or were born in multiple births. Infant mortality was also higher for male infants and infants born preterm or at low birthweight. The neonatal mortality rate declined from 4.63 in 2003 to 4.52 in 2004 while the postneonatal mortality rate was essentially unchanged. Infants born at the lowest gestational ages and birthweights have a large impact on overall U.S. infant mortality. More than one-half (55 percent) of all infant deaths in the United States in 2004 occurred to the 2 percent of infants born at less than 32 weeks of gestation. Still, infant mortality rates for late preterm (34-36 weeks of gestation) infants were three times those for term (37-41 week) infants. The three leading causes of infant death-Congenital malformations, low birthweight, and SIDS-taken together accounted for 45 percent all infant deaths. Results from a new analysis of preterm-related causes of death show that 36.5 percent of infant deaths in 2004 were due to preterm-related causes. The preterm-related infant mortality rate for non-Hispanic black mothers was 3.5 times higher, and the rate for Puerto Rican mothers was 75 percent higher than for non-Hispanic white mothers.by T. J. Mathews and Marian F. MacDorman.May 2, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-13)

Life tables

"Objectives: This report presents complete period life tables by age, race, and sex for the United States based on age-specific death rates in 2006. Methods: Data used to prepare the 2006 life tables are 2006 final mortality statistics, July 1, 2006 population estimates based on the 2000 decennial census, and 2006 Medicare data for ages 66-100. The 2006 life tables were estimated using a recently revised methodology first applied to the final annual U.S. life tables series with the 2005 edition (1). For comparability, all life tables for the years 2000-2004 were reestimated using the revised methodology and were published in an appendix of the United States Life Tables, 2005 report (1). These revised tables replace all previously published life tables for years 2000-2004. Results: In 2006, the overall expectation of life at birth was 77.7 years, representing an increase of 0.3 years from life expectancy in 2005. From 2005 to 2006, life expectancy at birth increased for all groups considered. It increased for males (from 74.9 to 75.1) and females (from 79.9 to 80.2), the white (from 77.9 to 78.2) and black populations (from 72.8 to 73.2), black males (from 69.3 to 69.7) and females (from 76.1 to 76.5), and white males (from 75.4 to 75.7) and females (from 80.4 to 80.6)." - p. 1by Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D., Division of Vital Statistics."June 28, 2010."Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (966.27 KB, 40 p.).Includes bibliographical references (p. 6).Arias E. United States life tables, 2006. National vital statistics reports; vol 58 no 21. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2010

Life tables

"Objectives: This report presents complete period life tables by race, Hispanic origin, and sex for the United States based on age-specific death rates in 2007. Methods: Data used to prepare the 2007 life tables are 2007 final mortality statistics, July 1, 2007, population estimates based on the 2000 decennial census, and 2007 Medicare data for ages 66-100. The methods used to estimate the life tables for the total, white, and black populations were first used in annual life tables in 2005 and have been in use since that time. The methods used to estimate the life tables for the Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic black populations were first used to estimate U.S. life tables by Hispanic origin for data year 2006. Results: In 2007, the overall expectation of life at birth was 77.9 years, representing an increase of 0.2 years from life expectancy in 2006. From 2006 to 2007, life expectancy at birth increased for all groups considered. It increased for males (from 75.1 to 75.4) and females (from 80.2 to 80.4), the white (from 78.2 to 78.4) and black (from 73.2 to 73.6) populations, the Hispanic population (from 80.6 to 80.9), the non-Hispanic white population (from 78.1 to 78.2), and the non-Hispanic black population (from 72.9 to 73.2)." - p. 1by Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D., Division of Vital Statistics."September 28, 2011."Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (1.4 MB, 61 p.).Includes bibliographical references (p. 6-7).Arias E. United States life tables, 2007. National vital statistics reports; vol 59 no 9. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2011

Use of contraception in the United States: 1982-2008

Objective: This report presents national estimates of contraceptive use and method choice based on the 1982, 1995, 2002, and 2006-2008 National Surveys of Family Growth (NSFG). Methods: Data for 2006-2008 were collected through in-person interviews with 13,495 men and women 15-44 years of age in the household population of the United States. This report is based on the sample of 7,356 women interviewed in 2006-2008. The response rate for women in the 2006-2008 survey was about 76%. Results: More than 99% of women 15-44 years of age who have ever had sexual intercourse with a male (referred to as ''sexually experienced women') have used at least one contraceptive method. The percentage of women who have ever used emergency contraception, the contraceptive patch, and the contraceptive ring increased between 2002 and 2006-2008. Looking at contraceptive use in the month of interview, or current use, the leading method of contraception in the United States during 2006-2008 was the oral contraceptive pill, used by 10.7 million women; the second leading method was female sterilization, used by 10.3 million women. While contraceptive use is virtually universal in the United States, women with different characteristics make different choices of methods--for example, college educated women are much more likely to use the pill and less likely to use female sterilization than less educated women. Age, parity, marital status, and income are also closely related to the choice of method. These method choices are related to the risk of unintended pregnancy in these groups." - p. 1"June 2010."Written by William D. Mosher and Jo Jones, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics.Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (1.5 MB, 54 p.).Includes bibliographical references (p. 17).Mosher WD, Jones J. Use of contraception in the United States: 1982-2008. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 23(29). 2010

Mortality surveillance system: models from the first year

"Describes the Mortality Surveillance System and presents the statistical charts and text from its first year, as published in the 12 issues of the Monthly vital statistics report, vol. 38, no. 2--vol. 39, no. 1."By Frances M. Chevarley, A. Elizabeth Godfrey, Harry M. Rosenberg, Kenneth D. Kochanek, Division of Vital Statistics, Manning Feinleib, National Center for Health Statistics.Shipping list no.: 93-0366-P."May 1993."Also availalbe via the World Wide Web.Includes bibliographical references (p. 42)

Births : final data for 2009

"Objectives: This report presents 2009 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal characteristics including age, live-birth order, race and Hispanic origin, marital status, hypertension during pregnancy, attendant at birth, method of delivery, and infant characteristics (period of gestation, birthweight, and plurality). Birth and fertility rates by age, live-birth order, race and Hispanic origin, and marital status also are presented. Selected data by mother's state of residence are shown, as well as birth rates by age and race of father. Trends in fertility patterns and maternal and infant characteristics are described and interpreted. Methods: Descriptive tabulations of data reported on the birth certificates of the 4.13 million births that occurred in 2009 are presented. Denominators for population-based rates are postcensal estimates derived from the U.S. 2000 census. Results: The number of births declined to 4,130,665 in 2009, 3 percent less than in 2008. The general fertility rate declined 3 percent to 66.7 per 1,000 women 15 to 44 years. The teenage birth rate fell 6 percent to 39.1 per 1,000. Birth rates for women in each 5-year age group 20 to 39 years declined, but the rate for women 40-44 years continued to rise. The total fertility rate (estimated number of births over a woman's lifetime) was down 4 percent to 2,007.0 per 1,000 women. The number and rate of births to unmarried women declined, whereas the percentage of nonmarital births increased slightly to 41.0. The cesarean delivery rate rose again, to 32.9 percent. The preterm birth rate declined to 12.18 percent; the low birthweight rate was stable at 8.16 percent. The twin birth rate increased to 33.2 per 1,000; the triplet and higher-order multiple birth rate rose 4 percent to 153.5 per 100,000." - p. 2Highlights -- Introducation -- Methods -- Demographic characteristics -- Maternal lifestyle and health characteristics -- Infant health characteristics -- References -- List of detailed tables -- Technical notes -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Tablesby Joyce A. Martin, Brady E. Hamilton, Stephanie J. Ventura, Michelle J.K. Osterman, Sharon Kirmeyer, T.J. Mathews, and Elizabeth Wilson, Division of Vital Statistics.Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-23).2267048