County-Level Associations Between Pregnancy-Related Mortality Ratios and Contextual Sociospatial Indicators.

Objective: To characterize county-level differences in pregnancy-related mortality as a function of sociospatial indicators.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional multilevel analysis of all pregnancy-related deaths and all live births with available ZIP code or county data in the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System during 2011-2016 for non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic (all races), and non-Hispanic White women aged 15-44 years. The exposures included 31 conceptually-grounded, county-specific sociospatial indicators that were collected from publicly available data sources and categorized into domains of demographic; general, reproductive, and behavioral health; social capital and support; and socioeconomic contexts.

Urban-rural differences in pregnancy-related deaths, United States, 2011-2016.

Background: The US pregnancy-related mortality ratio has not improved over the past decade and includes striking disparities by race and ethnicity and by state. Understanding differences in pregnancy-related mortality across and within urban and rural areas can guide the development of interventions for preventing future pregnancy-related deaths.

Objective: We sought to compare pregnancy-related mortality across and within urban and rural counties by race and ethnicity and age.

Abortion Surveillance - United States, 2016.

Problem/condition: Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States.

Period Covered: 2016.

Description Of System: Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies of 52 reporting areas (the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City).

Explaining the discontinuation of a non-tobacco nicotine project at Philip Morris: obstacles to innovation.

This paper investigates the fate of the Capillary Aerosol Generator (CAG), a nicotine aerosol device resembling modern e-cigarettes, developed by Philip Morris (PM) in 1994. A debate has emerged as to why this product never made it to market. In Donovan et al.