Annual Report 2007

2007 Congenital Malformations Surveillance Report:
A Report from the National Birth Defects Prevention Network
   

This report is published in Birth Defects Research, Part A journal. 

Volume 79, Issue 11, Pages 729-810 (November 2007)

Birth Defects Epidemiology: From Surveillance to Prevention (p 729)
Russell S. Kirby, Julianne S. Collins
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Interpreting Changes in the Epidemiology of Anencephaly and Spina Bifida following Folic Acid Fortification of the U.S. Grain Supply in the setting of Long-term Trends, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968-2003 (p 730-736)
Lilah M. Besser, Laura J. Williams, and Janet D. Cragan

Folic Acid Supplementation and Neural Tube Defect Recurrence Prevention (p 737-742)
Scott D. Grosse and Julianne S. Collins

Improving the Quality of Surveillance Data on Congenital Heart Defects in the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program (p 743-753)
Tiffany Riehle-Colarusso, Matthew J. Strickland, Mark D. Reller, William T. Mahle, Lorenzo D. Botto, Csaba Siffel, Mike Atkinson, and Adolfo Correa

Are there Ethnic Disparities in Risk of Preterm Birth among Infants Born with Congenital Heart Defects? (pg 754-764)
Wendy N. Nembhard, Jason L. Salemi, Kimberlea W. Hauser, and Jennifer L. Kornosky

Prevalence of Down Syndrome among Children and Adolescents in Metropolitan Atlanta (p 765-774)
Lilah M. Besser, Mikyong Shin, James E. Kucik, and Adolfo Correa

Causes of Death and Case Fatality Rates among Infants with Down Syndrome in Metropolitan Atlanta (p 775-780)
Mikyong Shin, James E. Kucik, and Adolfo Correa

Epidemiology of Bladder and Cloacal Extrophies in New York State, 1983-1999 (p 781-787)
Alissa R. Caton, Anna Bloom, Charlotte M. Druschel, and Russell S. Kirby

Pilot Test of Prenatal Surveillance for Birth Defects in South Texas (p 788-791)
Mary K. Ethen, Mark A. Canfield, and Jorge Trevino

Using Birth Defects Registry Data to Evaluate Infant and Childhood Mortality Associated with Birth Defects: An Alternative to Traditional Mortality Assessment using Underlying Cause of Death Statistics (p 792-797)
Glenn E. Copeland and Russell S. Kirby

Using Registry Data to Suggest Which Birth Defects May Be More Susceptible to Artifactual Clusters and Trends (p 798-805)
Peter H. Langlois and Angela Scheuerle

Birth Defects Interstate Data Exchange: A Battle Worth Fighting? (p 806-810)
Cynthia Cassell, Cara Mai, and Russell Rickard

Volume 76, Issue 12, Pages 811-948 (December 2007)

Collection, Use, and Protection of Population-Based Birth Defects Surveillance Data in the United States (p 811-814)
Cara T. Mai, David J. law, Craig A. Mason, Bradley D. McDowell, Robert E. Meyer, and Debra Musa for the National Birth Defects Prevention Network
 

State birth defects surveillance program directory (p 815-873) (16MB)

Birth defects surveillance data from selected states, 2000-2004 (p 874-942) (15MB)

Appendix (p 943-944) (498KB)

Published by the NBDPN Publications & Communications and State Data Committees.

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