Health during pregnancy and childbirth can have long term implications for both birthing persons and infants. It is important to support health during this critical period.
Why Is Perinatal Data Important?
Data can help birth professionals understand where Washington communities are strong and seeing positive outcomes. They can also show where some families may be struggling and need additional support. Understanding people’s birthing experience can help providers and health systems provide better support.
What’s Here
The perinatal dashboard provides key information on birthing persons and infants before, during, and after birth. The data include both physical and behavioral health measures. The data come from birth certificates and the Pregnancy Risk and Assessment Monitoring Survey (PRAMS).
PRAMS is a survey of people who have recently given birth. It gathers self-reported information about their experiences before, during, and after their most recent pregnancy. PRAMS is the best routine source of this information in Washington. The goal of PRAMS is to improve the health of mothers and babies in Washington. The data are used to help reduce the risk of adverse birth outcomes such as low birth weight and promote best practices such as breastfeeding. PRAMS is conducted by the Washington State Department of Health in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
View the Data
You can also explore WTN's Information by Location (IBL) mapping tool to see pregnancy and birth outcomes as they relate to health disparities in Washington communities.
Learn More
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) | Washington State Department of Health
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System | CDC
Additional Resources
2010-2022 Highlights – Vital Statistics Factsheet (PDF)
Historical Vital Statistics - birth statistics for years prior to 2000
Birth Data technical notes (PDF)
Reproductive and Birth Outcomes - CDC
Contact Us
For information or questions related to the Washington Tracking Network, email DOH.WTN@doh.wa.gov.
How Have You Used Our Data?
We love hearing about how our data is being used to make an impact on the health of Washingtonians. It also helps us to know what is meeting our users’ needs and how we can improve the information we provide. If you used our data, please tell us about it by sending an email to DOH.WTN@doh.wa.gov.
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