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Report on Birth Defects in
Florida 1998 to 2007 (PDF, 3.1Mb)

Birth Defect Profiles
Statewide Birth Defect Profile
Top Florida Counties for live births (10-yr count)
- Miami-Dade 324,767 live births
- Broward 222,887 live births
- Hillsborough 156,485 live births
- Orange 148,932 live births
- Palm Beach 143,243 live births
- Duval 125,708 live births
- Pinellas 92,442 live births
- Polk 72,412 live births
- Lee 58,566 live births
- Brevard 50,970 live births
Regions:
- Panhandle: Northwest and Big Bend Health Councils
Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, Washington
- Northeast: Northeast Florida Health Council
Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. Johns, Volusia
- North Central: Well Florida Health Council
Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Marion, Putnam, Sumter, Suwannee, Union
- West Central: West Central Florida Health Council
Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk
- East Central: East Central Florida Health Council
Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole
- Sun Coast: Sun Coast Health Council
Pasco, Pinellas
- Southwest: Southwest Florida Health Council
Sarasota, Desoto, Charlotte, Glades, Lee, Hendry, Collier
- Southeast: Treasure Coast health council
Indian River, martin, St. Lucie, Palm Beach, Okeechobee
Other Publications
- The Accuracy of Hospital Discharge Diagnosis Codes for Major Birth Defects: Evaluation of a Statewide Registry With Passive Case Ascertainment
Salemi JL, Tanner JP, Sampat D, Anjohrin SB, Correia JA, Watkins SM, Kirby RS
- Hospital Use, Associated Costs, and Payer Status for Infants Born with Spina Bifida
Radcliff E, Cassell CH, Tanner JP, Kirby RS, Watkins SM, Correia JA, Peterson C, Grosse SD
- The Relative Contribution of Data Sources to a Birth Defects Registry Utilizing Passive Multisource Ascertainment Methods: Does a Smaller Birth Defects Case Ascertainment Net Lead to Overall or Disproportionate Loss?
Salemi JL, Tanner JP, Block S, Bailey M, Correia JA, Watkins SM, Kirby RS
- Birth Defects Surveillance in Florida: Infant Death Certificates as a Case Ascertainment Source
Tanner JP, Salemi JL, Hauser KW, Correia JA, Watkins SM, Kirby RS
- Folic Acid Promotion for Hispanic women in Florida: A Vitamin Diary Study
Thomas KB, Hauser KW, Rodriguez NY, Quinn GP
- Developing a Database Management System to Support Birth Defects Surveillance in Florida
Salemi JL, Hauser KW, Tanner JP, Sampat D, Correia JA, Watkins SM, Kirby RS
- Is the Prevalence of Specific Types of Congenital Heart Defects Different for Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Infants?
Nembhard WN, Salemi JL, Wang T, Loscalzo ML, Hauser KW
- Variation in the Prevalence of Congenital Heart Defects by Maternal Race/Ethnicity and Infant Sex
Nembhard WN, Wang T, Loscalzo ML, Salemi JL
- Maternal Nativity as a Risk Factor for Gastroschisis: A Population-Based Study
Salemi JL, Pierre M, Tanner JP, Kornosky JL, Hauser KW, Kirby RS, Carver JD
- Evaluation of educational materials from a social marketing campaign to promote folic acid use among Hispanic women: insight from Cuban and Puerto Rican ethnic subgroups
Quinn GP, Thomas KB, Hauser K, Rodriguez NY, Rodriguez-Snapp N
- Are black and Hispanic infants with specific congenital heart defects at increased risk of preterm birth?
Nembhard WN, Salemi JL, Loscalzo ML, Wang T, Hauser KW
- Fetal growth among infants with congenital heart defects by maternal race/ethnicity
Nembhard WN, Loscalzo ML
- Are there ethnic disparities in risk of preterm birth among infants born with congenital heart defects?
Nembhard WN, Salemi JL, Hauser KW, Kornosky JL
- Promoting pre-conceptional use of folic acid to Hispanic women: a social marketing approach
Quinn GP, Hauser K, Bell-Ellison BA, Rodriguez NY, Frias JL
- The risk of birth defects in multiple births: a population-based study
Tang Y, Ma C, Cui W, Chang V, Ariet M, Morse SB, Resnick MB, Roth J
- Ascertainment of gastroschisis using the ICD-9-CM surgical procedure code
Williams CA, Hauser KW, Correia JA, Frias JL
- Sex differences in birth defects: a study of opposite-sex twins
Cui W, Ma CX, Tang Y, Chang V, Rao PV, Ariet M, Resnick MB, Roth J
- Florida health care providers' knowledge of folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects
Hauser KW, Lilly CM, Frias JL
- Maternal and infant factors associated with excess kindergarten costs
Roth J, Figlio DN, Chen Y, Carter RL, Ariet M, Resnick MB, Morse SB
- Treatment of oralfacial clefts by state-affiliated craniofacial centers and cleft palate clinics
Williams CA, Mardon RE, Grove D, Wharton P, Hauser KW, Frias JL