Interactive Atlas of Reproductive Health:
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A
A/PI—Asian and Pacific Islanders
AI/AN—American Indian and Alaska Native
B
BRFSS—Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System
C
CDC—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
D
DEM—Digital Elevation Model
E
EDA—Educational Attainment Rate(s)
ESRI—Environmental Systems Reseach Institute,
Inc.
F
FD—Fetal Death Rate (s)
FIPS—Federal Information Processing Standards
FIMR—Fetal and Infant Mortality Indicator Rate(s)
FP—Family Planning
G
GATHER—Geographic Analysis Tool for Health and Environmental
Research
GDT—Geographic Data Technology (business name)
GIS—Geographic Information System
H
HHS—Health and Human Services region(s)
I
IHR—Infant Health Indicator Rate(s)
IMR—Infant Mortality Rate(s)
ITOP—Induced Termination of Pregnancy
L
LB—Live Birth Rate(s)
LBW—Low Birth Weight Rate(s)
M
MG—Multiple Gestation Rate(s)
MIR—Maternal Interventions Rate(s)
MRR—Maternal Risks Rate(s)
MSA—Metropolitan Statistical Area
N
NCHS—National Center for Health Statistics
NMR—Neonatal Mortality Rate(s)
NPC—No Prenatal Care Rate(s)
O
OPA—Office of Population Affairs, Office of Public Health
and Science, United States Department of Health and Human Services
P
P1T—Prenatal Care in the 1st Trimester Rate(s)
PH—Public Health
PI—Pacific Islanders
PMR—Perinatal Mortality Rate(s)
PNR—Post—Neonatal Mortality Rate(s)
POR—Pregnancy Outcome Rate(s
PP—Planned Parenthood
PRAMS—Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
PTD—Pre-Term Delivery Rate(s)
R
RH—Reproductive Health
RSE—Relative Standard Error
S
SMK—Smoking tobacco during pregnancy rate(s)
T
TIGER—Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
TIN—Triangulated Irregular Network
TRR—Teen age mother Risk Rate(s)
U
UM—Unmarried at the time of delivery rate(s)
V
VLB—Very Low Birth weight rate(s)
W
WHO—World Health Organization
X
X—Longitude
Y
Y—Latitude
YRBS—Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Z
ZIP—Zone Improvement Plan
ZCTA—ZIP Code Tabulation Areas
Page
last reviewed: 7/28/08
Page last modified: 1/29/07
Content source: Division
of Reproductive Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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