title: Population-based birth defects data in the United States, 2008 to 2012: Presentation of state-specific data and descriptive brief on variability of prevalence.
authors.affiliation: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Cara T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.affiliation: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.|Carter Consulting, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Isenburg
authors.affiliation: Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas.
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.affiliation: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Alverson
authors.affiliation: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gilboa
authors.affiliation: National Birth Defects Prevention Network, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Russel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rickard
authors.affiliation: Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Canfield
authors.affiliation: Florida Birth Defects Registry, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida.
authors.forename: Suzanne B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Anjohrin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lupo
authors.affiliation: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Deanna R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.|Carter Consulting, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Erin B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Stallings
authors.affiliation: Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas.|University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Angela E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Scheuerle
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
authors.forename: Russell S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kirby
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: birth defects; data variability; population-based; surveillance