The public health career of Jack C. Smith: looking beyond the statistics -- The Role of linked birth and infant death certificates in maternal and child health epidemiology in the United States -- Abortion surveillance at CDC: creating public health light out of political heat -- Teenage childbearing in the United States, 1960-1997 -- Building a foundation for suicide prevention: the contributions of Jack C. Smith -- History and current status of reproductive health surveys at CDC -- The check box: determining pregnancy status to improve maternal mortality surveillance -- Facilitating use of analytic method at a federal agency -- Saving statistical lives: contributions of statistics to public health