3,941,553 births in 1998: including tens of thousands with congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions

H Barry Waldman; Steven P Perlman

3,941,553 births in 1998: including tens of thousands with congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions

ASDC J Dent Child. 2002 Jan-Apr;69(1):100-3, 14.

Authors

H Barry Waldman¹, Steven P Perlman

Affiliation

¹ Dental Health Services, Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8706, USA.

PMID: 12119806

Abstract

Variations are occurring in the birth rates of different population and age groups in this country. In addition to these ongoing developments, there continues to be an increasing number of children born with congenital anomalies and birth injuries. A summary is provided of these developments (based on birth certificate reports) for the general population during the 1990s, and for newborns with congenital anomalies and birth defects during and past twenty-five years.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Asian / statistics & numerical data
Birth Certificates
Birth Injuries / epidemiology
Birth Rate*
Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
Cardiovascular Abnormalities / epidemiology
Child
Congenital Abnormalities / epidemiology*
Dental Care for Children
Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
Female
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / epidemiology
Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Neural Tube Defects / epidemiology
Pregnancy
United States / epidemiology
White People / statistics & numerical data