Assessing the quality of medical and health data from the 2003 birth certificate revision: results from two states.

Objectives: A primary goal of the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth was to improve data quality, in part by improving data sources, definitions, and instructions.

Source of payment for the delivery: births in a 33-state and District of Columbia reporting area, 2010.

Objectives: This report presents new data from birth certificates on the principal source of payment for the delivery in 2010 for the following groups: private insurance, Medicaid, self-pay (uninsured), and other payment sources. These data are for the 33 states and District of Columbia that adopted the 2003 U.S.

Annual summary of vital statistics: 2006.

US births increased 3% between 2005 and 2006 to 4,265,996, the largest number since 1961. The crude birth rate rose 1%, to 14.2 per 1000 population, and the general fertility rate increased 3%, to 68.