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Synopsis for December 6, 2002
The MMWR is embargoed until 12 Noon ET,
Thursdays.
- Involvement by Young Drivers in Fatal
Alcohol-Related Motor-Vehicle Crashes -- United States, 1982-2001
- State-Specific Trends in U.S. Live Births to Women
Born Outside the 50 States and the District of Columbia -- United
States, 1990 and 2000
- Update: Influenza Activity United States,
200102 Season
MMWR Surveillance Summary
December 6, 2002/Vol. 51/SS-10
Surveillance for Traumatic Brain Injury Deaths -- United States,
19891998.
See fact sheet below.
Contact: Office of Communication
CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
(770) 4884902
MMWR Reports & Recommendations
December 6, 2002/Vol. 51/RR-19
Laboratory Security and Emergency Response Guidance for Laboratories
Working with Select Agents
Traditional biosafety guidelines emphasize laboratory controls that
minimize worker injury and prevent environment contamination. The guidance
published in this report incorporates criteria for laboratory security and
emergency response. These guidelines were first published as Appendix F in
the CDC/NIH Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
[BMBL] 4th ed. Appendix F is being revised to include additional
information regarding personnel, risk assessments, and inventory controls.
These guidelines are recommended for laboratories working with select
biological agents and toxins, under biosafety levels 2, 3, and 4
conditions. These facilities should conduct a systematic risk assessment
and develop comprehensive security plans, that minimize the misuse of
select agents.
Contact: David Daigle
CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases
(404) 6391143
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scheduled for December 5, 2002 |
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Synopsis for December 6, 2002
Involvement by Young Drivers in Fatal Alcohol-Related
Motor-Vehicle Crashes -- United States, 1982-2001
Over the past 20 years, actions to decrease
alcohol-related fatal crashes among young people have worked.
PRESS CONTACT:
Office of Communications
CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
(770) 4884902 |
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However, this progress has stalled in the past few years. Far too many
people, young and old alike, continue to die in alcohol-related fatal
crashes in the United States. Some proven ways to prevent these needless
deaths include maintaining and enforcing minimum legal drinking age laws
and zero tolerance laws for young drivers; implementing sobriety
checkpoints; lowering blood alcohol concentration laws to 0.08 percent;
and training alcohol beverage servers to prevent their patrons from
becoming intoxicated. Public health and traffic safety professionals can
work together to ensure that every community has a comprehensive and
effective strategy for reducing alcohol-impaired driving.
State-Specific Trends in U.S. Live Births to Women Born
Outside the 50 States and the District of Columbia -- United States, 1990
and 2000
Changes in immigration patterns pose unique
challenges to the U.S. public health system and to maternal health care
providers.
PRESS CONTACT:
Denise Roth Allen, PhD, MPH
CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health
Promotion
(770) 4885131 |
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The percentage of U.S. live births to women who were born outside the 50
states and the District of Columbia (DC) increased from 15.6 percent in
1990 to 21.4 percent in 2000. During 1990-2000, births to Hispanic women
who were born outside the states and DC increased from 8.8 percent to
12.5percent of all U.S. births; births to non-Hispanic women increased
from 6.7 percent to 8.8 percent. State-specific comparisons of such births
reveal a shift to new states in the West and the South. Although immigrant
mothers had better birth outcomes than their state-born race/ethnic
counterparts, they had mixed results in terms of socio-demographic and
health risk factors contributing to birth outcome differences. These
factors may be indicative of barriers to health care, resulting in poorer
maternal health outcomes among some immigrant women over time.
Update: Influenza Activity United States, 200102
Season
It is not too late to be vaccinated for influenza this year and
vaccine supplies are plentiful, unlike in years past.
PRESS CONTACT:
Jennifer Wright, DVM, MPH
CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases
(404) 6393747 |
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Influenza activity has been low in the United States this season, but is
expected to increase in the coming weeks and months. A few states have
experienced regional activity. The strains tested at CDC this year are
well matched by the influenza vaccine strains. There is plenty of vaccine
this year and those who have not yet been vaccinated are encouraged to do
so before influenza activity increases.
Fact Sheet: Traumatic Brain Injury
December 6, 2002
Contact: CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
(770) 4884902
The rate of traumatic brain injury (TBI) declined 11.4 percent between
1989 and 1998, yet TBI continued to cause an average 53,288 deaths
annually. This CDC surveillance summary reports the number of deaths from
TBI and identifies trends in deaths related to TBI from 1989 to 1998.
Public health and transportation safety officials should continue work to
develop injury-prevention programs that provide a multi disciplinary
approach to continuing to reduce these deaths. The public should also
become full partners in finding and using these solutions.
- The decline in TBI-related deaths maybe related to the decline in
all types of injury-related deaths, indicating that general injury
prevention measures may also influence TBIs. Injury prevention
strategies that have demonstrated success include primary enforcement
of seat belt and child safety seat laws, graduated licensing of new
drivers and community health education campaigns. Additionally,
evidence-based guidelines for acute and emergency management of TBI
were distributed during this period.
- Despite the overall decline, the TBI-related death rate for this
period was highest among people 75 years and older.
- The three leading causes of TBI death were related to firearms,
motor vehicles and falls. Firearm-related TBIs accounted for 40
percent of all TBI deaths, although firearm-related TBI death rates
declined by 14 percent in this period; 34 percent were related to
motor vehicles, and 10 percent to falls. The leading cause of death
differed by age group. Motor vehicles were the leading cause among
youth from birth to 19 years of age. Firearm-related TBIs were the
leading cause of death among persons aged 20 - 74 years. Fall-related
TBIs were the leading cause of death among persons aged 75 and older.
- Three times more males than females died from TBI-related causes.
However, the rate of death declined by 13 percent among males and
7percent among females.
- TBI-related deaths were highest among American Indian/Alaska Natives
with motor-vehicle deaths being the leading cause. The greatest
decrease in TBI-related death was among African Americans (20
percent).
Notes to the editor: For the MMWR, please link to this website: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr. For more
information about injuries, visit the CDC's website at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc.
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