When are birthrates the highest?

December 4, 2006

Just before a medical conference – it’s good to know when the ACOG meetings are if you’re planning to give birth:

Obstetricians are inducing women to give birth early so they can attend medical conferences held when birthrates are their highest.

An analysis has found the typical Australian obstetrics conference, lasting several days, causes 4 per cent of the expected births to be shifted, in most cases bringing it forward by a few days.



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1 Michael Rack, MD December 6, 2006 at 12:05 am

Supposedly suicide rates peak in May, around the time of the American Psychiatric Association meeting.

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