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Synopsis for October 11, 2002
The MMWR is embargoed until 12 Noon ET, Thursdays.
- Iron Deficiency – United States, 1999-2000
- Usual Sources of Cigarettes for Middle and High School Students – Texas, 1998 - 1999
- West Nile Virus Activity – United States, October 3-9, 2002
Notice to Readers
Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule –
United States, 2002-2003
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
First World Report on Violence and Health
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Synopsis for October 11, 2002
Iron Deficiency – United States, 1999-2000
Iron deficiency is still common in toddlers, teenage girls, and women of child-bearing age.
PRESS CONTACT:
Anne Looker, Ph.D.
CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
(301)458–4352 |
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Iron status of toddlers, teenage girls and women of childbearing age remains less than ideal in the United States according to a national survey
conducted by CDC in 1999-2000. Survey results revealed that iron deficiency anemia, the most severe form of iron deficiency, is uncommon.
However, a milder degrees of iron deficiency continues to occur in 1 in 14 toddlers and 1 in 8 teenage girls or women of childbearing age.
Minority women and teenage girls were more likely to have iron deficiency than non-Hispanic white females. Most of the negative effects of iron
deficiency are caused by anemia, but iron deficiency without anemia has been linked to poorer cognitive development in both infants and
adolescents.
Usual Sources of Cigarettes for Middle and High School Students – Texas, 1998 - 1999
Access to cigarettes from stores and vending machines has become more difficult for minors in Texas.
PRESS CONTACT:
Terry Pechacek, PhD
CDC, Office on Smoking and Health
(770) 488–5493 |
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A new study by the Texas Department of Health and CDC concludes that as access to cigarettes from stores and vending machines becomes more
difficult for children, many of them seek out alternative sources for their cigarettes. The study shows that among students in Texas, theft of
cigarettes by middle school students increased from 1998 to 1999, as did the percentage of high school students reporting that an older person
gave them cigarettes. The rate of illegal cigarette sales to minors in Texas dropped over the same time period.
West Nile Virus Activity – United States, October 3-9, 2002
PRESS CONTACT:
Division of Media Relations
CDC, Office of Communication
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Summary not available.
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