Births/Natality

Activities Projects Publications

Birth indicators shed light on a range of critical neighborhood issues, such as teen pregnancy, infants with multiple risk factors, demographic change, and projected school enrollments. Over three-quarters of our partners have birth data at the address or small area level drawn from Vital Statistics files.
Related Activities:
City Profiles
September 30, 2012 - December 31, 2012
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Seattle


Over the next 12 months Public Health- Seattle & King County will be developing new data profiles for 22 cities and unincorporated areas of King County.  The profiles will include up-to-... [read more]

Right Start Detroit
February 21, 2012
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit


In October 2009, D3 collaborated with the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion. With access to the health department's subcommunity birth data, D3 compiled "Right Start in... [read more]

Developing Data for Health Reporting Areas (HRAs)
February 1, 2012 - September 30, 2012
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Seattle


Our new HRA boundaries match exact city boundaries, which often are not consistent with ZIP codes, census tracts or block groups. Developing data from sources that only include these other... [read more]

Methods for Monitoring Health Inequities
February 1, 2012 - September 30, 2012
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Seattle


We expect to release the methodological information and data for 2-3 key health indicators in a technical report this summer. Health inequities have typically been measured using single... [read more]

Children's Corridor Cradle to Career Indicators
November 4, 2011 - September 1, 2012
The Piton Foundation
Denver


Vision: In partnership with Mile High United Way, Denver's Mayor's Office of Education and Children and others, the Piton Foundation is developing a Children’s Corridor shared... [read more]

Related Cross-Site Projects:
School Readiness and Early Grade Success Initiative
October 1, 2007 - August 1, 2010
Funder: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Contact: Leah Hendey , lhendey@urban.org
Partners: Atlanta, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Denver, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Providence


Eight partners were selected through a competitive process to participate in the iniative (see partners listed on the right).  The project utilized the work of Charlie Bruner (Des Moines) who... [read more]

Neighborhoods and Health
October 1, 2001 - May 31, 2003
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Contact: Tom Kingsley , tkingsle@urban.org
Partners: Cleveland, Denver, Indianapolis, Oakland, Providence


Variations in neighborhood conditions are critical to health outcomes and program options in America. In almost all urban areas, serious health problems are highly concentrated in a fairly small... [read more]

Related Publications:
The Piton Foundation
Denver
Births in the Children's Corridor: Long-term Trends
August 28, 2012
Report - By: Jordan Wirfs-Brock
PDF
The Piton Foundation
Denver
The Health-Education Gap Crosses Generations: Births in the Children’s Corridor by Mother’s Education
August 28, 2012
Report - By: Jordan Wirfs-Brock
PDF
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Data Empowered: Community Development and NEO CANDO 2010+
July 17, 2012
Presentation - By: Claudia Coulton
Data Empowered: Community Development and NEO CANDO 2010+
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Vital Signs 10
May 11, 2012
Report - By: Matthew Kachura
Vital Signs 10 (Executive Summary)
Vital Signs 10 (Full Report)
The Piton Foundation
Denver
Education Resources and Transit Opportunities in the Children's Corridor
October 17, 2011
Website - By: Jordan Wirfs-Brock, Matthew Barry
Map: Education Resources and Transit Opportunities in the Children's Corridor
Transit: An essential ingredient for education equity
NeighborhoodInfo DC
Washington, D.C.
Neighborhood Profiles Update - September 2011
September 7, 2011
Website - By: NeighborhoodInfo DC
Link
The Piton Foundation
Denver
Infographic: Every day, 10 children are born in the Children's Corridor
August 12, 2011
Website - By: The Piton Foundation
children-infographic-final.pdf
Infographic - Children's Corridor website
Community Research Institute
Grand Rapids
Early Childhood Indicators for the Kent County Great Start Collaborative, Kent Count, MI. (Baseline Data Report)
May 1, 2011
Report - By: Community Research Institute
Link
NeighborhoodInfo DC
Washington, D.C.
Every Kid Counts in the District of Columbia: 17th Annual Fact Book 2010
February 2, 2011
Report - By: Jennifer Comey, Kaitlin Franks, Zach McDade, Ashley Williams
PDF
NeighborhoodInfo DC
Washington, D.C.
2010 Portrait of Women and Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area
October 15, 2010
Report - By: Washington Area Women's Foundation
PDF
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis
InfoWorks Memphis: Community Profiles
September 1, 2010
Report - By: Tk Buchanan
InfoWorks Memphis Community Profiles
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis
Greater Memphis Partnership Housing and Neighborhoods Baseline Report
September 1, 2010
Report - By: Phyllis Betts, Tk Buchanan, Robert Brimhall, Jackson Gilman, Carol Gothe
Greater Memphis Partnership Baseline Report
Neighborhood Nexus
Atlanta
School Readiness and Early Grade Success in Atlanta: Are Children in the Greater Atlanta Area Ready to Learn?
February 1, 2010
Report - By: Michael J. Rich, Moshe Haspel
PDF
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis
It Takes a Village: A Working Report on Community and Neighborhood Assets and Indicators for Early Childhood Well-Being and School Readiness in Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee
October 1, 2009
Report - By: Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Memphis
PDF
The Piton Foundation
Denver
Are Denver's Communities Ready for Kids? A Brief for Individuals and Organizations Working to Improve Child Outcomes in Denver, Colorado
September 1, 2008
Report - By: Matthew Barry, Lisa Montagu, Pamela Buckley, Ph.D
PDF
Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Focusing the Evidence: An Early Childhood Brief
September 1, 2008
Report - By: Michael Barndt, Jeri Rose, Jeff Arp, Todd Clausen
PDF
Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies
Chattanooga
School Readiness and Early Grade Success in Hamilton County, Tennessee
July 1, 2008
Report - By: Dr. Eileen Robertson Rehberg, David Eichenthal, Shelby Kain
DOC
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Assessing Factors Influencing School Readiness
June 1, 2008
Report - By: Claudia J. Coulton, Rob Fischer, Paige Hardy, Nina Lalich, Kristen Mikelbank
DOC
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Supplemental Maps for Cleveland’s Assessing Factors Influencing School Readiness
June 1, 2008
Report - By: Claudia J. Coulton, Rob Fischer, Paige Hardy, Nina Lalich, Kristen Mikelbank
DOC
The Children's Trust
Miami
Initial School Readiness and Early Success Brief, Miami-Dade County, Florida
June 1, 2008
Report - By: The Children's Trust, The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation, The Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe
PDF
The Providence Plan
Providence
Revisiting School Readiness Data: An Examination of Select Indicators in Providence
May 1, 2008
Report - By: The Providence Plan
PDF
The Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Trends in Maternal and Infant Health in Poor Urban Neighborhoods: Good News from the 1990s, but Challenges Remain
August 1, 2005
Journal Article - By: Embry Howell, Kathryn L.S. Pettit, G. Thomas Kingsley
Link
The Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy
May 30, 2003
Report - By: Kathryn L.S. Pettit, G. Thomas Kingsley, Claudia J. Coulton
Link
The Providence Plan
Providence
Development and Use of Neighborhood Health Analysis: Residential Mobility in Context
April 24, 2003
Presentation - By: Katie Murray
PPT
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Neighborhood Health Indicators in Greater Cleveland: The Use of Medicaid Claims to Measure Children’s Access to Primary Care
April 24, 2003
Presentation - By: Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change
PPT
The Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy - Cross-Site Analysis
April 24, 2003
Presentation - By: Kathy Pettit, Tom Kingsley
PPT
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Neighborhood Health Indicators in Greater Cleveland: The Use of Medicaid Claims to Measure Children's Access to Primary Care
October 31, 2002
Report - By: Claudia Coulton, Kristen Mikelbank, Katherine Offutt, Engel Polousky, Siran Koroukian
PDF
The Providence Plan
Providence
Development and Use of Neighborhood Health Analysis: Residential Mobility in Context
October 30, 2002
Report - By: The Providence Plan
Link