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:
2023 Equity Reports for all 169 Connecticut Towns, Join our statewide Advisory Council
November 10, 2023
DataHaven   (New Haven - Connecticut)


The DataHaven Town Equity Reports provide access to relevant town-level information that is not available from any other source. They use new methods to disaggregate data from the 2020... [read more]

Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles
June 5, 2015
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


The Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles presents community data and indicators from dozens of sources in a series of interactive tables, maps, and charts. The tool was built by our... [read more]

Bexar County Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan
November 3, 2014
Community Information Now (CINow)   (San Antonio)


CI:Now provided secondary data for the Health Collaborative's 2013 Community Health Assessment and is working with the Health Collaborative to develop an online platform for tracking progress on... [read more]

Child Data Report for Bexar County
October 1, 2014
Community Information Now (CINow)   (San Antonio)


CI:Now gathered and analyzed the data for the past several editions of Voices for Children of San Antonio’s Child Data Report, which you can find here. The Data Report has moved under the... [read more]

Comal and Guadalupe County community assessment
March 1, 2014 to November 30, 2014
Community Information Now (CINow)   (San Antonio)


On behalf a broad collaborative of organizations convened by the United Way of Comal County, CI:Now is conducting a broad secondary data assessment of community needs in Comal and Guadalupe Counties... [read more]

Polis Center Partners with Local Organizations to Develop Health Indices
December 31, 2013
The Polis Center   (Indianapolis)


The Polis Center is partnering with the Regenstrief Institute, the Fairbanks School of Public Health, and the School of Medicine to develop public health indices from the Indiana Network for... [read more]

Polis Center Creating New Data Analysis and Visualization Tools
December 31, 2013
The Polis Center   (Indianapolis)


Through a grant from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, the Polis Center is creating new data analysis and visualization tools for SAVI, such as the Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis tool,... [read more]

Birth Outcomes Summit
November 12, 2013
(Inactive) Children's Optimal Health   (Austin*)


Birth Outcomes as Related to the Physical and Social Environment Every parent wants to give birth to a healthy baby. In too many instances, children are born prematurely, underweight, and with... [read more]

CommunityViewer integrated data system
March 31, 2013
Community Information Now (CINow)   (San Antonio)


CI:Now is developing the CommunityViewer integrated data system, which brings together “people data" and “place data" from public and private sources to inform early... [read more]

City Profiles
September 30, 2012 to December 31, 2012
Communities Count   (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-date... [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 to September 30, 2012
Communities Count   (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 to September 30, 2012
Communities Count   (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]

Related Cross-Site Projects:
School Readiness and Early Grade Success Initiative
October 2007 - August 2010
Funder: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Contact: Leah Hendey , [email protected]


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

Neighborhoods and Health
2001 - 2003
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Contact: Tom Kingsley , [email protected]


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:
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Health Equity in Connecticut 2023
November 14, 2023
Book - By: Kelly Davila, Camille Seaberry, Mark Abraham
PDF icon DataHaven 2023 Health Equity Report 082323.pdf
Health Equity in Connecticut 2023
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Connecticut Town Equity Reports
September 13, 2021
Report - By: Camille Seaberry, Kelly Davila, Mark Abraham
DataHaven Connecticut Town Equity Reports
Boston Indicators
Boston
Multiracial in Greater Boston: The Leading Edge of Demographic Change
February 16, 2021
Report - By: Trevor Mattos, Luc Schuster, Peter Ciurczak
PDF icon Multiracial_11152021.pdf
Multiracial in Greater Boston: The Leading Edge of Demographic Change
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index 2019
December 18, 2019
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF icon DataHaven Hartford, Connecticut Community Wellbeing Index community indicators data report
PDF, Link to report page
Community Information Now (CINow)
San Antonio
Racial Equity 2019 Indicator Report
2019
Report - By: City of San Antonio Office of Equity, Community Information: Now
Link to PDF
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
2019 Valley Community Index: Understanding the Valley Region
October 10, 2019
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF, Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Greater New Haven Community Index 2019
September 9, 2019
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF icon DataHaven_GNH_Community_Index_2019a.pdf
PDF, Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2019
September 9, 2019
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF icon DataHaven Fairfield County/Bridgeport, Connecticut Community Wellbeing Index community indicators data report
PDF, Link to report page
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
Closing Equity Gaps in DC’s Wards and Neighborhoods
November 15, 2018
Website - By: Urban-Greater DC
Closing Equity Gaps in DC’s Wards and Neighborhoods
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Greater Waterbury Community Wellbeing Profile
September 9, 2018
Report - By: DataHaven, Greater Waterbury Health Partnership
PDF, Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
As State Ages, Havens For Young Will Grow
September 6, 2017
News article - By: Mark Abraham, Camille Seaberry
Link
The Polis Center
Indianapolis
Unequal Access: Tobacco Retail in the Indianapolis Metro Area
June 2017
Report - By: Karen Frederickson Comer, Kelly Davila, Deb Hollon, Matt Nowlin
Link to Report
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
A Vision for an Equitable DC
November 28, 2016
Website - By: Leah Hendey, Serena Lei
Link to Digital Feature
Community Information Now (CINow)
San Antonio
2016 Bexar County Community Health Needs Assessment
August 2016
Report - By: The Health Collaborative and Community Information Now
View or download the 2016 Assessment
The Polis Center
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Launches IndyVitals Neighborhood Data Portal
June 7, 2016
News article - By: Sharon Kandris
More About IndyVitals
The Polis Center
Indianapolis
IndyVitals Neighborhood Data Portal
June 7, 2016
Website - By: The Polis Center at IUPUI
IndyVitals Website
The Polis Center
Indianapolis
SAVI Online Magazine: 2015 Education Edition
October 2015
News article - By: Sharon Kandris, Laura Danielson, David Bodenhamer
SAVI Online Magazine
The Mid-America Regional Council
Kansas City
Transportation Outlook 2040: Metropolitan Kansas City's Long Range Transportation Plan
June 23, 2015
Report - By: Mid-America Regional Council
Transportation Outlook 2040: Metropolitan Kansas City's Long Range Transportation Plan
(Inactive) Atlanta Regional Commission
Atlanta
Public Health in Metro Atlanta: Exploring How Healthy Our Neighborhoods Are
May 2015
Blog post - By: Mike Carnathan, Audrey Spiegel
Public Heath in Metro Atlanta: Exploring How Healthy Our Neighborhoods Are (Full slide deck), Public Heath in Metro Atlanta: Exploring How Healthy Our Neighborhoods Are (infograph))
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Moms, Place, and Low Birth Weight Part 3: Place and Race Together
May 2015
Blog post - By: Kit Frohardt-Lane; Data Driven Detroit
Blog
Community Information Now (CINow)
San Antonio
Local news coverage of CI:Now's 2014 community assessment for Comal and Guadalupe Counties
April 19, 2015
Announcement - By: CI:Now
Comal County Needs Get Spotlight, Community Needs Assessment for Comal and Guadalupe Counties, 2014 Update
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Moms, Place, and Low Birth Weight Part 2: Does Place Matter?
April 2015
Blog post - By: Kit Frohardt-Lane; Data Driven Detroit
Blog
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
7.2 SQ MI: A Report on Greater Downtown Detroit, 2nd Edition
March 2015
Report - By: Data Driven Detroit
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Moms, Place, and Low Birth Weight Part 1: Detroit
March 12, 2015
Blog post - By: Kit Frohardt-Lane; Data Driven Detroit
Moms, Place, and Low Birth Weight Part 1: Detroit
Communities Count
Seattle
King County Community Health Indicators
2015
Website - By: King County Hospitals for a Healthier Community
Link
The Polis Center
Indianapolis
SAVI Online Magazine: 2015 Health Edition
March 2015
News article - By: Karen Comer, Sharon Kandris, Laura Danielson, Brian Dixon, Lisa Staten, David Bodenhamer
SAVI Online Magazine
Community Information Now (CINow)
San Antonio
Community Needs Assessment for Comal & Guadalupe Counties, 2014 Update, Rev. Ed.
November 2014
Report - By: Laura C. McKieran, DrPH, Norma I. Garza, MPH, Clarissa R. Ozuna, MA, Stephanie Martinez
PDF
Institute for Urban Policy Research
Dallas
2014 Beyond ABC: Assessing Children's Health in the North Texas Corridor
November 2014
Book - By: Timothy M. Bray, PhD, Anthony M. Galvan, Sara A. Mokuria, Lauren A. Villa, Alexis J. Harper, Sheila N. Dang
PDF icon Download Report
Shift Research Lab
Denver*
Fall 2014 NNIP Local Session Intro - Denver
October 2014
Presentation - By: Jennifer Newcomer
Link
Denver Neighborhood Challenges and Opportunities 2014
October 22, 2014
Presentation - By: Lisa Piscopo
File PPT
Community Information Now (CINow)
San Antonio
SA2020 Data Dashboard
September 2014
Report - By: SA2020 and CI:Now
SA2020: The Data Dashboard
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
2013 Greater New Haven Community Index
September 2013
Report - By: Mark Abraham
PDF icon datahaven_2013communityindex.pdf
2013 Greater New Haven Community Index
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
IDS Case Study: Case Western Reserve University
August 2013
Report - By: Erika Kitzmiller
PDF
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Creating a Community Resource to Evaluate Programs and Policies in Cuyahoga County
August 2013
Report - By: Erika M. Kitzmiller
Link
Shift Research Lab
Denver*
Births in the Children's Corridor: Long-term Trends
2012
Report - By: Jordan Wirfs-Brock
PDF icon PDF
Shift Research Lab
Denver*
The Health-Education Gap Crosses Generations: Births in the Children’s Corridor by Mother’s Education
2012
Report - By: Jordan Wirfs-Brock
PDF icon PDF
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Data Empowered: Community Development and NEO CANDO 2010+
July 17, 2012
Presentation - By: Claudia Coulton
PDF icon PDF
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Vital Signs 10
May 11, 2012
Report - By: Matthew Kachura
Shift Research Lab
Denver*
Education Resources and Transit Opportunities in the Children's Corridor
October 2011
Website - By: Jordan Wirfs-Brock, Matthew Barry
PDF icon Map: Education Resources and Transit Opportunities in the Children's Corridor
Transit: An essential ingredient for education equity
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
Neighborhood Profiles Update - September 2011
September 7, 2011
Website - By: NeighborhoodInfo DC
Shift Research Lab
Denver*
Infographic: Every day, 10 children are born in the Children's Corridor
August 2011
Website - By: The Piton Foundation
PDF icon children-infographic-final.pdf
Infographic - Children's Corridor website
Community Data & Research Lab at the Johnson Center
Grand Rapids
Early Childhood Indicators for the Kent County Great Start Collaborative, Kent Count, MI. (Baseline Data Report)
May 2011
Report - By: Community Research Institute
Link
Urban–Greater 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
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
2010 Portrait of Women and Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area
October 2010
Report - By: Washington Area Women's Foundation
(Inactive) Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis
InfoWorks Memphis: Community Profiles
September 1, 2010
Report - By: Tk Buchanan
(Inactive) Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis
Greater Memphis Partnership Housing and Neighborhoods Baseline Report
September 2010
Report - By: Phyllis Betts, Tk Buchanan, Robert Brimhall, Jackson Gilman, Carol Gothe
PDF
Neighborhood Nexus
Atlanta
School Readiness and Early Grade Success in Atlanta: Are Children in the Greater Atlanta Area Ready to Learn?
February 2010
Report - By: Michael J. Rich, Moshe Haspel
PDF icon PDF
(Inactive) 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 2009
Report - By: Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Memphis
PDF
(Inactive) Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Focusing the Evidence: An Early Childhood Brief
September 2008
Report - By: Michael Barndt, Jeri Rose, Jeff Arp, Todd Clausen
PDF icon PDF
Shift Research Lab
Denver*
Are Denver's Communities Ready for Kids? A Brief for Individuals and Organizations Working to Improve Child Outcomes in Denver, Colorado
September 2008
Report - By: Matthew Barry, Lisa Montagu, Pamela Buckley, Ph.D
PDF icon PDF
(Inactive) Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies
Chattanooga
School Readiness and Early Grade Success in Hamilton County, Tennessee
July 2008
Report - By: Dr. Eileen Robertson Rehberg, David Eichenthal, Shelby Kain
Microsoft Office document icon DOC
The Children's Trust
Miami
Initial School Readiness and Early Success Brief, Miami-Dade County, Florida
June 2008
Report - By: The Children's Trust, The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation, The Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe
PDF icon PDF
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Supplemental Maps for Cleveland’s Assessing Factors Influencing School Readiness
June 2008
Report - By: Claudia J. Coulton, Rob Fischer, Paige Hardy, Nina Lalich, Kristen Mikelbank
Microsoft Office document icon DOC
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Assessing Factors Influencing School Readiness
June 2008
Report - By: Claudia J. Coulton, Rob Fischer, Paige Hardy, Nina Lalich, Kristen Mikelbank
Microsoft Office document icon DOC
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
Revisiting School Readiness Data: An Examination of Select Indicators in Providence
May 2008
Report - By: The Providence Plan
PDF icon PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Trends in Maternal and Infant Health in Poor Urban Neighborhoods: Good News from the 1990s, but Challenges Remain
August 2005
Journal Article - By: Embry Howell, Kathryn L.S. Pettit, G. Thomas Kingsley
Link
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
Center on 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
Office presentation icon PPT
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy - Cross-Site Analysis
April 24, 2003
Presentation - By: Kathy Pettit, Tom Kingsley
Office presentation icon PPT
Center on 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 icon PDF
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
Development and Use of Neighborhood Health Analysis: Residential Mobility in Context
October 30, 2002
Report - By: The Providence Plan
PDF icon PDF
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
Development and Use of Neighborhood Health Analysis: Residential Mobility in Context
October 30, 2002
Report - By: The Providence Plan
Link