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Since 1980, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been organized around constituent centers, institutes, and offices (CIOs). Five centers were created in 1980, from which the current centers are descended, with the exception of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and National Center for Health Statistics, which were absorbed from outside CDC.
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a U.S. government agency that provides statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the public health of the American people. It is a unit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System.
"Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women's Outcomes in the U.S." (PDF). NBER Working Paper No. 23465. doi: 10.3386/w23465. S2CID 80536529. Coates, Patricia Walsh (2008), Margaret Sanger and the Origin of the Birth Control Movement, 1910–1930: The Concept of Women's Sexual Autonomy, Edwin Mellen Press, ISBN 978-0-7734-5099-8.
In 1996, the World Health Organization created a set of guidelines called "medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use" for family planning and reproductive health programs and providers in order to guide provision of contraceptive care worldwide. [2] The guidelines are based on systematic reviews of the medical literature and expert ...
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Teen births declined 69 percent from 2000 to 2022, according to newly released federal data, but racial and ethnic disparities continue to exist. Births declined at similar rates across all races ...
This is a list of U.S. states, the District of Columbia and territories by infant mortality rates in 2021. The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
The study highlights racial and age disparities, particularly in the increased numbers of preterm births for the Black and Hispanic communities. US sees a 12% surge in premature births, CDC data ...