{"id":97,"date":"2016-08-29T15:54:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T15:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2025-10-10T08:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:11:42","slug":"maternal-child-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/maternal-child-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternal &amp; Child Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-97\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-97-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-97-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-97-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Maternal and child health (MCH) focuses on the health of mothers, infants, and children. Keeping track of key metrics is important to improve outcomes. The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) created dashboards using Virginia MCH data from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Birth and death certificates<\/li>\n<li>Inpatient hospitalizations<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Surveillance System, and<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use the navigation below to view available dashboards. These data can be used to help improve maternal and child health programs or policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-97-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_nav_menu\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"cd-navigation-menu panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-97-0-0-1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Dashboard Navigation Menu<\/h3><div class=\"menu-mch-dashboards-container\"><ul id=\"menu-mch-dashboards\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-1906\" class=\"dashboards-menu-item menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page first-menu-item menu-item-1906\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/maternal-child-health\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-home\" title=\"Home\" aria-label=\"home\"><\/i> Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1903\" class=\"dashboards-menu-item menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1903\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/maternal-child-health\/mch-indicators\/\">MCH Measures<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1902\" class=\"dashboards-menu-item menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1902\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/maternal-child-health\/maternal-mortality\/\">Maternal Mortality<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1904\" class=\"dashboards-menu-item menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1904\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/maternal-child-health\/pregnancy-associated-deaths\/\">Pregnancy-Associated Deaths<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2253\" class=\"dashboards-menu-item menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2253\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/maternal-child-health\/smm\/\">Severe Maternal Morbidity<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1954\" class=\"dashboards-menu-item menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1954\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/prams\/data-dashboards\/\">PRAMS Dashboards<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2010\" class=\"dashboards-menu-item menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom last-menu-item menu-item-2010\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drug-overdose-data\/neonatal-abstinence-syndrome-nas\/\">Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-97-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-builder panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"feature-box-shadow teal panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-97-0-0-2\" ><div id=\"pl-w67f835fb82132\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w67f835fb82132-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w67f835fb82132-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w67f835fb82132-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-w67f835fb82132-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Fast Facts:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-w67f835fb82132-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w67f835fb82132-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w67f835fb82132-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2023 there were:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>92,639 live births and 111,363 total pregnancies<\/li>\n<li>9.8% preterm births (born at less than 37 weeks gestation)<\/li>\n<li>18.1% who reported using WIC during pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>5.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div 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class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Pregnancy-Associated Deaths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Between 2018-2022 there were:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>62.3 pregnancy-associated deaths per 100,000 live births<\/li>\n<li>56.5% were due to natural causes<\/li>\n<li>37.4% occurred between 43-365 after the end of pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>40% were due to accidental overdose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-97-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-97-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-97-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Looking for more information about maternal and child health data? Check out the <strong>about the data<\/strong> section below each dashboard, <strong>download data<\/strong> from the dashboards, or\u00a0<strong>submit a data request<\/strong> for additional data not found in the dashboards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maternal and child health (MCH) focuses on the health of mothers, infants, and children. Keeping track of key metrics is important to improve outcomes. 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