The previously reported high birth defect rate from 1968-1982 on the island of Lanai in Hawaii was found to be due to incomplete recording of birth defects on birth certificates elsewhere in the state. The elevated birth defect rate and low birth weight rate for the area of Kohala on the big island were without obvious explanations and were sufficiently high to warrant further study.
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{"title":"Setting of birth and attendant at birth in the state of Hawaii, 1971-1982.","authors":"J A Hecht","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85373,"journal":{"name":"R & S report. Hawaii. Department of Health. Research and Statistics Office","volume":" 52","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22025601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Frequency of reproductive dysfunction in Hawaii by race and judicial district 1968-1982.","authors":"T A Burch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85373,"journal":{"name":"R & S report. Hawaii. Department of Health. Research and Statistics Office","volume":" 51","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22006601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome in Hawaii.","authors":"D S Seto, T A Burch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85373,"journal":{"name":"R & S report. Hawaii. Department of Health. Research and Statistics Office","volume":" 50","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22011049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life tables by ethnic group for Hawaii, 1980.","authors":"R W Gardner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85373,"journal":{"name":"R & S report. Hawaii. Department of Health. Research and Statistics Office","volume":" 47","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22026255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Racial differences between linked birth and infant death records in Hawaii.","authors":"T A Burch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85373,"journal":{"name":"R & S report. Hawaii. Department of Health. Research and Statistics Office","volume":" 44","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22010433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Death in paradise: Big Island mortality 1910-1950.","authors":"R K Fleischman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85373,"journal":{"name":"R & S report. Hawaii. Department of Health. Research and Statistics Office","volume":" 40","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22011154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sex differences in tuberculosis and general mortality by ethnic group in Hawaii.","authors":"N Goldman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85373,"journal":{"name":"R & S report. Hawaii. Department of Health. Research and Statistics Office","volume":" 35","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22011153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A geographic and ethnic group analysis of vital indicators for maternal and child health in Hawaii, 1975-1979.","authors":"M Gannaway, G D Beck, J E Drorbaugh, T A Burch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85373,"journal":{"name":"R & S report. Hawaii. Department of Health. Research and Statistics Office","volume":" 34","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22006854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}