How will CDC and Florida EPHT be tracking birth defects?
One of the first steps we will be taking in the effort to track birth defects, is to identify where and when certain birth defects are occurring in Florida. By working with the Florida Birth Defects Registry to gather data from hospitals, the tracking program will be able to analyze the data for trends and patterns of selected birth defects. This may provide important clues to public health officials and researchers in their efforts to discover environmental causes for birth defects.
