Neural Tube Defects in Pregnancies Among Women With Diagnosed HIV Infection --- 15 Jurisdictions, 2013--2017

Published on January 9, 2020

The risk for neural tube defects among pregnancies of women diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus is similar to that of the general U.S. population.

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Description of Eschar-Associated Rickettsial Diseases Using Passive Surveillance Data --- United States, 2010--2016

January 2, 2020
Rickettsial eschars are necrotic lesions that occur at the site of tick or mite bites and represent locations of primary inoculation of spotted fever group Rickettsia and Orientia species.

QuickStats: Expected Number of Births over a Woman's Lifetime - National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1940-2018

January 9, 2020
This chart indicates that during 1940-2018, the expected number of births a woman would have over her lifetime, the total fertility rate), was highest for women during the post-World War II baby boom.