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Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) are multidisciplinary committees that convene at the state or local level to comprehensively review deaths during or within a year of pregnancy (pregnancy-associated deaths).…
Updated Jun 12, 2026
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To improve the health and well-being of America’s mothers, children, and families, different areas have been focused.
Updated Jun 12, 2026
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The scope of the agency’s services includes ensuring food and water safety, disease and injury prevention and surveillance, emergency preparedness, health equity, and setting licensure and certification standards. As…
Updated Jun 12, 2026
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The Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures is established for the purpose of evaluating maternal health data collection processes to guide policies in the Commonwealth to improve maternal care, quality,…
Updated Jun 12, 2026
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This report presents maternal mortality rates for 2020 based on data from the National Vital Statistics System. A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as, “the death of a woman while pregnant or…
Updated May 6, 2026
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The Maternal and Infant Health Mapping (MIHM) Tool is an interactive online tool that allows users to create and customize county-level maps on maternal and infant health. Users can explore the geographic relationships…
Updated Mar 25, 2026
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PRAMS, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, is a surveillance project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health departments. Developed in 1987, PRAMS collects site-specific,…
Updated Mar 25, 2026
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NCHS released maternal mortality statistics for 2018, an extensive review of data quality, and new coding procedures for death certificates based on this review.
Updated Mar 25, 2026
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A Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) system is a continuous cycle intended to prevent future maternal deaths by learning from previous deaths. This is done by identifying and studying each death, then…
Updated Mar 24, 2026
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The 2022 March of Dimes Report Card highlights the latest key indicators to describe and improve maternal and infant health. We continue to provide updated measures on preterm birth, infant mortality, low-risk Cesarean…
Updated Mar 24, 2026
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Babies born to mothers who do not receive prenatal care are three times more likely to have a low birth weight and five times more likely to die than those born to mothers who do get care. Early prenatal care (i.e. care…
Updated Mar 24, 2026
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March of Dimes has released its 2022 report on maternity care deserts across the United States—counties where there’s a lack of maternity care resources, where there are no hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric…
Updated Mar 24, 2026
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The National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) provides the most complete data on births and deaths in the United States.
Updated Mar 24, 2026
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This contains information on the different statistics of birth data and leading causes of death in the state of Virginia across the years 2014 - 2017.
Updated Mar 24, 2026
