Healthy Birth Outcomes:
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Data and Fact Sheets

Infant mortality rates (the number of deaths during the first year of life per 1,000 live births in a population group) reflect a tragic loss of life to individuals, families, and the community.  The magnitude of infant mortality also reflects broader social and economic conditions that affect maternal and infant health, including factors such as access to high-quality health care, education, poverty, and racism. 

Fact Sheets

• What Moms Tell Us: Unintended Pregnancy (March 2013) (PDF, 450 KB)
• Reducing the Risk of Sleep-Related Infant Death (PDF, 82 KB) (updated February 2013)
• Helping Pregnant Smokers Quit Gives Kids a Healthy Start (exit DHS; PDF, 308 KB).
• Wisconsin Health Facts: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality (PDF, 69 KB) (updated November 2012)
• What Moms Tell Us: Breastfeeding (PDF, 159 KB) (August 2012)
• Wisconsin Health Facts: Poverty and Health, 2010 (PDF, 183 KB) (August 2012)
• What Moms Tell Us: Safe Sleep Practices (PDF, 336 KB) (April 2012)
• What Moms Tell Us: Postpartum Depression (PDF, 118 KB) (January 2011)
• Wisconsin Health Facts: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality (PDF, 72 KB) (updated January 2010)

Reports

• Wisconsin County Health Rankings (report cards), University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (exit DHS)

Presentations and Other Reference Materials

• Wisconsin Infant Mortality Background and Related Efforts (Selected) (April 2013) (PDF, 569 KB)
• Healthy Birth Outcomes:  Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities (October 2010) (PDF, 876 KB)
• Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes: Overview and Purpose (PDF, 40 KB)
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Wisconsin Birth Outcomes: Data Trends, Evidence Base and Best Practices, 2008 (February 2008) (PDF, 835 KB)
• Community Health Improvement Process to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes (PDF, 32 KB)
• Monitoring Progress in Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities (PDF, 81 KB)
• Perinatal Periods of Risk in Wisconsin: 2002-2004 (PDF, 41 KB)
• Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes  (exit DHS) (Registration is required to view the video)

Related DHS Program Sites

• Wisconsin Birth and Infant Death Statistics
• Wisconsin Minority Health Program
• Wisconsin Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

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Last Revised:  May 07, 2013