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1. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Disparities in Preconception Health Indicators - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013-2015, and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2013-2014
   The National Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative's Surveillance and Research work group suggests ten prioritized indicators that states can use to monitor programs or activities for improving the preconception health status of women of reproductive age. This report includes overall and stratified estimates for nine of these preconception health indicators.
2. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Prevalence of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Sexually Experienced Women of Reproductive Age - United States, 2013-2014
   In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2014 cycle, the prevalence of a self-reported lifetime PID diagnosis was 4.4% among sexually experienced reproductive-aged women, equating to 2.5 million prevalent PID cases in women aged 18-44 years nationwide. Prevalence of a self-reported lifetime PID diagnosis varied by sexual behaviors and sexual health history and differed by race/ethnicity in women without a prior STI diagnosis.
3. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Influenza Vaccination Coverage During Pregnancy - Selected Sites, United States, 2005-06 Through 2013-14 Influenza Vaccine Seasons
   During the 2005-06 through 2008-09 influenza vaccination seasons, coverage with the seasonal influenza vaccine among pregnant women in the Birth Defects Study sites was approximately 20%. Coverage increased during the 2009-10 pH1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine season to approximately 33%, declined slightly in the next two seasons, and increased again during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons, to 35% and 41%, respectively.
4. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Effects of Maternal Age and Age-Specific Preterm Birth Rates on Overall Preterm Birth Rates - United States, 2007 and 2014
   Preterm birth rates declined for all age groups and overall from 10.41% to 9.54% of live births. Mean maternal age increased from 27.4 years to 28.3 years. The contribution of fewer births to teens and to women aged 20-24 years to the overall decline in preterm births was offset by increases in births to older mothers.
5. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Patterns and Trends in Age-Specific Black-White Differences in Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality - United States, 1999-2014
   In-depth analyses of population-based data indicated that breast cancer incidence is equal for black and white women in part because of incidence increasing among black women, particularly among those aged 60-79 years. Breast cancer mortality continues to be higher among black women compared with white women, with death rates decreasing faster among white women. However, among women aged <50 years, breast cancer death rates are decreasing at the same rate among black and white women.
6. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Incidence of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome - 28 States, 1999-2013
   During 1999-2013, state-specific NAS incidence rates increased significantly in 25 of 27 states with at least 3 years of data, with annual changes in incidence rates ranging from 0.05 (Hawaii) to 3.6 (Vermont) per 1,000 hospital births. In 2013, NAS incidence ranged from 0.7 (Hawaii) to 33.4 cases (West Virginia) per 1,000 hospital births.
7. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Increases in Medically Attended Nonfatal Injury Episodes Among Females in the United States
   •From 2005-2008 to 2011-2014, the nonfatal injury rate increased for females but remained unchanged for males.•From 2005-2008 to 2011-2014, the nonfatal injury rate increased significantly for women aged 45-64 and for non-Hispanic white females.The increase in the nonfatal injury rate among females over time could not be attributed to a specific cause or place of injury occurrence.
8. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Declines in Triplet and Higher-order Multiple Births in the United States, 1998-2014
   The incidence of triplet and higher-order multiple births rose fourfold during the 1980s and 1990s (1-3). This rise was associated with older maternal age and the increased use of fertility-enhancing therapies (4,5) and was of concern because of the greater risk of adverse outcome of triplet and higher-order births compared with singletons and the added toll of these pregnancies on maternal health (6). Since 1998, however, this trend has edged downward (3).
9. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Short Interpregnancy Intervals in 2014: Differences by Maternal Demographic Characteristics
   Short interpregnancy intervals are associated with adverse birth outcomes, such as preterm birth (1,2). The risk of adverse birth outcomes has been shown to increase as the duration of short intervals decrease (i.e., 12-17 months, 6-11 months, and less than 6 months), and these patterns may reflect different maternal demographic profiles. This report examines categories of short interpregnancy intervals by maternal demographic characteristics among second and higher-order singleton births, using revised birth certificate data for 47 states and the District of Columbia (96% of births) in 2014.
10. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Update: Providing Quality Family Planning Services - Recommendations from CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs, 2015
    This report summarizes updated recommendations released from the time QFP was issued in April 2014 through the end of 2015. Recommendations are based on newly published findings or revisions in recommended best practices.
11. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Prevalence of Healthy Sleep Duration among Adults - United States, 2014
    Prevalence of healthy sleep duration varied among states and ranged from 56.1% in Hawaii to 71.6% in South Dakota (Table 2). Most of the Great Plains states were in the upper quintile for healthy sleep duration; states in the southeastern United States and along the Appalachian Mountains tended to be in the lower quintiles.
12. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Vital Signs: Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies - United States, 2011-2013
    The weighted prevalence of alcohol-exposed pregnancy risk among U.S. women aged 15-44 years was 7.3%. During a 1-month period, approximately 3.3 million women in the United States were at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy.
13. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Mean Age of Mothers is on the Rise: United States, 2000-2014
    The mean age of mothers has increased from 2000 to 2014 for all birth orders, with age at first birth having the largest increase, up from 24.9 years in 2000 to 26.3 years in 2014.
14. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Prevalence of Excess Sodium Intake in the United States - NHANES, 2009-2012
    Most adults and children in the United States exceed the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendation for dietary sodium. Even among groups at higher risk for cardiovascular disease, including adults aged =51 years, blacks, and adults with prehypertension and hypertension, at least three out of four consumed more than 2,300 mg daily, increasing their potential risk of stroke and coronary heart disease mortality.
15. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] 2010 Pregnancy Rates Among U.S. Women
    The pregnancy rate for women in the United States continued to decline in 2010, to 98.7 per 1,000 women aged 15-44 (Table 1), a record low for the 1976-2010 period.
16. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Prevalence of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, by Maternal Diabetes Status at First and Second Deliveries, Massachusetts, 1998-2007
    We identified 133,633 women with both parity 1 and 2 deliveries. Compared with women who had no diabetes in either pregnancy, women with GDM or CDM during any pregnancy had increased risk for adverse birth outcomes.
17. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance - United States, 2013
    In 2013, a total of 160,521 ART procedures (range: 109 in Wyoming to 20,299 in California) with the intent to transfer at least one embryo were performed in 467 U.S. fertility clinics and were reported to CDC.
18. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Current Contraceptive Use and Variation by Selected Characteristics Among Women Aged 15-44:United States, 2011-2013
    Among women currently using contraception, the most commonly used methods were the pill (25.9%, or 9.7 million women), female sterilization (25.1%, or 9.4 million women), the male condom (15.3%, or 5.8 million women), and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC)-intrauterine devices or contraceptive implants (11.6%, or 4.4 million women).
19. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Vital Signs: Improvements in Maternity Care Policies and Practices That Support Breastfeeding - United States, 2007-2013
    Many U.S. mothers do not continue breastfeeding as long as they would like. This report summarizes data from 2007 (baseline), 2009, 2011, and 2013 to describe trends in the prevalence of facilities using maternity care policies and practices that are consistent with the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.
20. [CDC Office of Women's Health, Health Matters for Women] Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking Among Women of Childbearing Age - United States, 2011-2013
    Based on 2011-2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, one in 10 (10.2%) pregnant women aged 18-44 years reported consuming alcohol in the past 30 days, and 3.1% reported binge drinking in the past 30 days.