Data from the
Pregnancy Nutrition
Surveillance System
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The
Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) is a program-based
surveillance system that monitors the nutritional status of low-income
women in federally-funded maternal and child health programs.
Wisconsin
has submitted data from the WIC Program to
the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for analysis and inclusion in PNSS since
1995. This surveillance
data can be used for program planning, management and evaluation; for the
development of health and nutrition interventions; and to monitor progress
toward state and local health plans.
The CDC website (exit
DHS)
provides information on PNSS and
explains how to interpret the data.
PNSS
Health Indicators
In
Wisconsin, data collected on behavioral risk factors
and infant birth outcomes are collected on women who participate in the
WIC Program. PNSS indicators are collected during prenatal and postpartum
clinic visits to monitor the prevalence of nutritional and behavioral risk
factors related to infant mortality and poor birth outcomes.
The
indicators collected are:
-
pre-pregnancy
BMI;
-
maternal
weight gain;
-
anemia;
-
parity;
-
interpregnancy
interval;
-
medical
care;
-
WIC
enrollment;
-
smoking;
-
smoking
changes;
-
smoking
in the household;
-
drinking;
-
birth
weight;
-
pre-term
birth;
-
full-term
low birth weight; and
-
breastfeeding
initiation.
The
CDC
website (exit DHS)
defines the indicators and provides the rationale
for collecting the information.
Pregnancy Nutrition Data
| 2010
|
Description
of the data |
| Wisconsin
(PDF, 1.08 MB)
|
State
totals compared to national data.
|
| Metro
Area (PDF, 526 KB)
|
Includes
data for Dane
County,
Milwaukee County
and
Racine County. |
| County
(PDF,695 KB)
|
Tribal
data is included in the county level data if there is a WIC tribal
clinic site in the county. |
| Region
(PDF, 523 KB)
|
Includes
data analyzed by each Division of Public Health region. |
| Local
Agency (PDF, 695 KB)
|
Includes
data analyzed by each local WIC Project.
|
| Clinic
(PDF, 774 KB)
|
Includes
data analyzed by WIC Project sites, where appropriate. |
| Not
available
|
Includes a summary of key indicators by county.
|
| Not
available
|
Includes
a summary of key indicators by local agency. |
| Slide
Summary (PowerPoint, 805 KB)
|
Includes
graphs and charts of data.
|
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Last Revised:
February 26, 2013
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