Tag Archives: CDC

Home Births Up 29% from 2004-2009

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Robin

A new CDC report looks at the trends of home birth from 1990-2009. While home birth was relatively stable from 1990-2004, after that there was a 29% rise in the number of home births, though still a very low number.  … Continue reading →

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CDC Releases Home Birth Data

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Danielle

Today the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released some much anticipated data regarding home birth from 1990 to 2006. Inside the released data, it showed an increasing trend in out of hospital births.  Home births rose about 5% from … Continue reading →

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CDC Releases New Report Comparing U.S. and European Infant Mortality Rates

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Unnecesarean

The CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released a new report this morning which compares infant mortality rates in the U.S. and Europe. Authors of Behind International Rankings of Infant Mortality: How the United States Compares with Europe explored … Continue reading →

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