Tag: Birth

Birth rate decreased by 3 percent for teenagers, with decreases in rates seen for both younger and older teenagers

Among women, 29.7 percent of first births occur during teen years and 52.1 percent occur during 20s

Number of twin births declined 7 percent compared with 3 percent decline in singleton births

Findings pronounced for mothers experiencing higher perceived stress during the prenatal period

Racial/ethnic disparities in adverse birth outcomes, such as neonatal mortality, larger among women who conceive by medically assisted reproduction

Disparities observed by insurance type, rural or urban residence, racial and ethnic identities

Birth weight below 25th centile in full-term infants linked to child development concerns

Number of births increased in non-Hispanic Asian, non-Hispanic White, Hispanic women and across 39 states

However, low Apgar scores worse at discriminating infants at risk for mortality for Black infants versus White infants

Final live birth rate >50 percent for patients aged younger than 38 years at cryopreservation or who thawed 20 or more metaphase II oocytes