| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
|
1
|
Births: final data for 2005.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2007
|
5.91
|
|
2
|
Births: final data for 2002.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2003
|
4.12
|
|
3
|
Infant and neonatal mortality for primary cesarean and vaginal births to women with "no indicated risk," United States, 1998-2001 birth cohorts.
|
Birth
|
2006
|
3.80
|
|
4
|
Births: final data for 2004.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2006
|
3.47
|
|
5
|
Births: final data for 2003.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2005
|
3.24
|
|
6
|
Births: final data for 2001.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2002
|
2.51
|
|
7
|
Annual summary of vital statistics: 2004.
|
Pediatrics
|
2006
|
2.42
|
|
8
|
Cesarean birth in the United States: epidemiology, trends, and outcomes.
|
Clin Perinatol
|
2008
|
2.39
|
|
9
|
Births: final data for 2000.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2002
|
2.11
|
|
10
|
Maternal risk profiles and the primary cesarean rate in the United States, 1991-2002.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2006
|
1.68
|
|
11
|
Rise in "no indicated risk" primary caesareans in the United States, 1991-2001: cross sectional analysis.
|
BMJ
|
2004
|
1.60
|
|
12
|
Recent trends and patterns in cesarean and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) deliveries in the United States.
|
Clin Perinatol
|
2011
|
1.57
|
|
13
|
Infant mortality statistics from the 2002 period: linked birth/infant death data set.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2004
|
1.43
|
|
14
|
Infant mortality statistics from the 2001 period linked birth/infant death data set.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2003
|
1.41
|
|
15
|
Neonatal mortality for primary cesarean and vaginal births to low-risk women: application of an "intention-to-treat" model.
|
Birth
|
2008
|
1.35
|
|
16
|
Infant mortality statistics from the 2000 period linked birth/infant death data set.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2002
|
1.35
|
|
17
|
Births: preliminary data for 2004.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2005
|
1.22
|
|
18
|
Infant mortality statistics from the 1999 period linked birth/infant death data set.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2002
|
1.15
|
|
19
|
Method of delivery and neonatal mortality among very low birth weight infants in the United States.
|
Matern Child Health J
|
2006
|
1.08
|
|
20
|
Expanded health data from the new birth certificate, 2006.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2009
|
1.08
|
|
21
|
Trends and characteristics of home and other out-of-hospital births in the United States, 1990-2006.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2010
|
1.02
|
|
22
|
Characteristics of planned and unplanned home births in 19 States.
|
Obstet Gynecol
|
2010
|
0.97
|
|
23
|
Expanded health data from the new birth certificate, 2004.
|
Natl Vital Stat Rep
|
2007
|
0.84
|
|
24
|
Neonatal mortality for low-risk women by method of delivery.
|
Birth
|
2007
|
0.78
|
|
25
|
Trends and characteristics of home births in the United States by race and ethnicity, 1990-2006.
|
Birth
|
2011
|
0.75
|