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

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Volume 73, Issue 10 (October 2005)
Special Issue: 2005

Published Online: 20 Sep 2005

Birth defects research: Improving surveillance methods and addressing epidemiologic questions and public health issues (p 645)
Russell S. Kirby, Laurie H. Seaver
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Ascertainment of gastroschisis using the ICD-9 CM surgical procedure code (p 646-648
Charles A. Williams, Kimberlea W. Hauser, Jane A Correia, Jaime L. Frias

Gastroschisis, low maternal age, and fetal morbidity outcomes (p 649-654)
Donath Emusu, Hamisu M. Salihu, Zakari Y. Aliyu, Bosny J. Pierre-Louis, Charlotte M. Druschel, Russell S. Kirby

Analysis of seasonal variation of birth defects in Atlanta (p 655-662)
Csaba Siffel, C.J. Alverson, Adolfo Correa

Improving case ascertainment of a population-based birth defects registry in New York State using hospital discharge data (p 663-668)
Ying Wang, Monica Sharpe-Stimac, Philip K. Cross, Charlotte M. Druschel, Syni-An Hwang

Use of CUSUM and Shewhart charts to monitor regional trends of birth defect reports in New York State (p 669-678)
Gwen D. Babcock, Thomas O. Talbot, Peter A. Rogerson, Steven P. Forand

Changes in the birth prevalence of selected birth defects after grain fortification wiht folic acid in the United States: Findings from a multi-state population-based study (p 679-689)
Mark A. Canfield, Julianne S. Collins, Lorenzo D. Botto, Laura J. Williams, Cara T. Mai, Russell S. Kirby, Kay Pearson, Owen Devine, Joe Mulinare, for the National Birth Defects Prevention Network


Prevalence is the preferred measure of frequency of birth defects (p 690-692)
Craig A. Mason, Russel S. Kirby, Lowell E. Sever, Peter H. Langlois

The methodology of the Utah Birth Defect Network: Congenital heart defects as an illustration (p 693-699)
Marcia Feldkamp, Lynne MacLeod, Luciana Young, Kara Lecheminant, John C. Carey


State birth defects surveillance program directory (p 700-757) (15MB)

Birth defects surveillance data from selected states, 1998-2002 (p 758-853) (12MB)

Appendix A: ICD-9 and CDC/BPA codes for the forty-five reported birth defects (p 854-855) (368KB)

Published by the NBDPN Publications & Communications and State Data Committees