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Cynthia J. Berg
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 111
Citations - 13780
Cynthia J. Berg is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Population. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 111 publications receiving 12853 citations. Previous affiliations of Cynthia J. Berg include Vanderbilt University & Université libre de Bruxelles.
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Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1998 to 2005
TL;DR: The reasons for the reported increase in pregnancy-related mortality are unclear; possible factors include an increase in the risk of women dying, changed coding with the International Classification of Diseases, 10thRevision, and the addition by states of pregnancy checkboxes to the death certificate.
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Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 2006-2010.
Andreea A. Creanga,Cynthia J. Berg,Carla Syverson,Kristi Seed,F. Carol Bruce,William M. Callaghan +5 more
TL;DR: Pregnancy-related mortality ratios increased with maternal age for all women and within all age groups, non-Hispanic black women had the highest risk of dying from pregnancy complications, and the increasing contribution of chronic diseases to pregnancy- related mortality suggests a change in risk profile of the birthing population.
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Pregnancy-related mortality surveillance--United States, 1991--1999.
Jeani Chang,Laurie D. Elam-Evans,Cynthia J. Berg,Joy L. Herndon,Lisa Flowers,Kristi Seed,Carla Syverson +6 more
TL;DR: The reportedregnancy-related mortality ratio has substantially increased during 1991-1999, probably because of improved ascertainment of pregnancy-related deaths.
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Pregnancy-related mortality from preeclampsia and eclampsia.
TL;DR: The continuing racial disparity in mortality from preeclampsia and eClampsia emphasizes the need to identify those differences that contribute to excess mortality among black women, and to develop specific interventions to reduce mortality from prenatal care and e clampsia among all women.
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Abortion surveillance--United States, 1999.
Laurie D. Elam-Evans,Lilo T. Strauss,Joy L. Herndon,Wilda Y Parker,Sara J. Whitehead,Cynthia J. Berg +5 more
TL;DR: In the United States, a total of 861,789 legal induced abortions were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 1999, representing a 2.5% decrease from the 884,273 reported by the same 48 reporting areas for 1998 as discussed by the authors.