Infant mortality - United States, 1993

Article Abstract:

The infant mortality rate in 1993 was the lowest ever recorded but the rise in death rates from low birth weight may be obscured by the drop in death rates from other causes. The overall infant death rate in 1993 was 8.4 deaths per 1,000 live-born infants, down 1.8% from 8.5 per 1,000 in 1992. The 1994 rate is estimated to be even lower, at 7.9 per 1,000. The infant death rate dropped 1.4% in whites and 1.9% in blacks. The neonatal death rate dropped 1.0% in blacks and remained stable in whites. Nevertheless, black infants in 1993 still had over twice the risk of death in the first year of life as white infants. Congenital birth defects, sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome and complications resulting from low birth weight and premature birth accounted for 54% of all deaths in 1993. One of the goals of Healthy People 2000 is to reduce the white infant death rate to 7 per 1,000 and the black infant death rate to 11 per 1,000.

Mortality

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Lyme Disease Serology

Article Abstract:

The FDA has recommended that manufacturers of tests for Lyme Disease subject their products to testing with standardized serum specimens, but some have not complied. Lyme disease is caused by infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, and can lead to arthritis, muscle pain, fatigue, and other symptoms. Patients with the characteristic erythema migrans rash of Lyme disease do not require testing, as the diagnosis is clear. The tests can improve the diagnosis of patients without the rash if they have other symptoms that suggest the infection. It is not yet clear how effective or accurate the tests will be in patients vaccinated against Lyme disease.

Editorial, Testing, Social policy, Lyme disease, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Serology

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Invasive pneumococcal disease in children 5 years after conjugate vaccine introduction - eight states, 1998-2005

Article Abstract:

A survey report showing the decreased incidence of pneumococcal disease in young children five years after the recommended vaccine was administered across five states in the U.S. is presented.

Surveys, Pneumococcal infections, Control, Conjugate vaccines

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