Virtually all pregnant women in the U.S. are exposed to many chemicals that may affect their pregnancy and their children.
Department of Health
More Resources
- CDC Reproductive Health
- Environmental Risks and Pregnancy: March of Dimes
- Reproductive and Birth Outcomes - CDC
- UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment
Why should I be concerned about birth outcomes?
Birth outcome measures show the status of reproductive health across populations. We can use measures such as the rate of low birth weight or the rate of infant mortality to examine disparities in maternal/child health, evaluate intervention strategies, or project long term impacts of health care access policies.
- Between 2014-2016, there were 268,050 live births and 1,223 infant deaths, a rate of 4.6 deaths per 1,000 live births.
- In 2017, 1703 had low birth weight (2,500 grams or less), representing about 2% of full-term singleton births.
- In 2017, 6,945 were preterm, born before 37 weeks of gestation, representing about 8% of singleton births.
View the Data
Birth Risk Factors - Maternal Age
Birth Risk Factors - Maternal Race
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.
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