Annual summary of vital statistics - 1998

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1229-1246

  Guyer, Bernard ^a   Hoyert, Donna L ^b   Martin, Joyce A ^b   Ventura, Stephanie J ^b   MacDorman, Marian F ^b   Strobino, Donna M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Birth weight specific mortality; Death; Infant mortality; Low birth weight; Mortality; Multiple births; Regionalization; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0032714459     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.6.1229     Document Type: Article

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