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Stat of the Day
One in five women in the United States who were underweight before pregnancy (20.7%) had a cesarean delivery, compared to more than half of women with class III obesity (52.3%)
What's New
- New Release: Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Birth Indicators: Q2 2020 – Q2 2021 (December 3, 2021)
- STATCAST: Suicide Declined During the Pandemic (November 5, 2021)
- Bi-Weekly Update: Symptoms of Anxiety or Depressive Disorder and Use of Mental Health Care Among Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2021 (October 27, 2021)
- Weekly COVID-19 Mortality Overview (December 1, 2021)
- Stats of the States: South Carolina
- Next Up: Infant Mortality in the United States, 2019: Data from the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File (December 8, 2021)
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STATCAST – Suicide in the U.S. Declined During the Pandemic
The 2020 Decline in Life Expectancy
Page last reviewed: November 5, 2021
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics