Postpartum Health Care Data Dashboard
The dashboard on this page provides detailed data on postpartum care. These data are available by year, residence, and other demographic characteristics. Data around postpartum care experiences and barriers to accessing care are also included in the dashboard. Data on this page is updated annually and was last updated February 2026.
Postpartum health care visits are vital to supporting the health and well-being of mothers. These visits provide both a clinical examination to potentially detect and prevent life-threatening health problems and create time for providers and patients to discuss social and environmental concerns. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends several health care visits after delivery with at least one comprehensive checkup during the first 12 weeks postpartum.
Postpartum refers to the period after delivery, but there is no standard definition for the duration of the postpartum period. The data in this dashboard come from the Wisconsin Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, which defines a postpartum visit as a regular health checkup someone has up to 12 weeks after giving birth.
If you have any questions around maternal health data or would like to request data, email DHSFHSData@dhs.wisconsin.gov.
Additional data and information related to maternal, infant, child, and adolescent health can be found on the Family Health Data webpage. This webpage contains resources that are freely available from state and national data sources. You will also find a guide for using WISH (Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health) to show you how to do your own data queries on a wide-range of health indicators in our state and communities.