Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 NAPHSIS-Sponsored Analysis of Birth Certificate Data from the 2003 Revised Certificate Jan A. Markowitz, PhD

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Background 2003 US Standard Certificate of Birth Includes new & revised data items Approved motion – 2005 NAPHSIS annual meeting Given the public health importance of many of the new or revised items, NAPHSIS should assume responsibility to compile, analyze, and disseminate the new data

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Project Plan Revised Certificate Data Analysis Committee Committee membership * Jurisdictions implementing the revised birth certificate * NAPHSIS statistics Committee

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Project Plan (cont’d) PHASE I 9 jurisdictions implemented in 2003 or 2004 Pennsylvania, Washington, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New York State, South Carolina, & Tennessee Frequency distributions for selected data items Rationale Preview of national data Identify problems in data completion & data quality Provides initial plans for more comprehensive analysis of 2005 data in Phase II

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Project Plan (Cont’d) Phase II 14 jurisdictions: Kansas, Nebraska, Puerto Rico, Texas, Vermont 1.3 million birth records Represents 30% of the births occurring annually in the US Goal: Prepare data report similar to the NCHS report on the 1989 revised birth certificate Phase III Compilation, analysis, & dissemination of new and revised data items on the revised death and fetal death certificates

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Percent of Live Births by Race and Hispanic Origin Percent Total One race 97.4 Two or more races 1.9 Mother, Not Hispanic One race 98.3 Two or more races 1.6 Mother, Hispanic One race 94.8 Two or more races 2.5

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Completeness of Date of First & Last Prenatal Care Visit First VisitLast Visit Date complete Missing month only Missing day only Missing year only Missing two parts of date Missing three parts of date No prenatal care 1.2%

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Percent of Live Births by Fertility Treatment

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Source of Payment for Delivery

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Percent of Live Births by Infections Present and/or Treated during Pregnancy InfectionPercent Gonorrhea 0.25 Syphilis 0.08 Chlamydia 1.61 Hepatitis B 0.20 Hepatitis C 0.22

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Percent of Live Births by Smoking Status Before & During Pregnancy

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Percent of Live Births by Maternal Morbidity Maternal MorbidityPercent Maternal transfusion rd or 4 th degree perineal laceration 1.06 Ruptured uterus 0.03 Unplanned hysterectomy 0.03 Admission to ICU 0.13 Unplanned OR procedure following delivery 0.17

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Percent of Live Births by Mother’s Participation in WIC during Pregnancy

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Percent of Live Births by Mother’s Body Mass Index

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Percent of Live Births by Mother’s Level of Education Mother’s EducationPercent <8 th grade th -12 th grade, no diploma 14.5 HS graduate/GED complete 31.9 Some college, no degree 15.5 Associate degree 8.1 Bachelor’s degree 17.0 Master’s degree 5.8 Doctorate 1.5 Unknown 1.0

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 Percent of Live Births by Breastfeeding Status at Time of Hospital Discharge

Improving Security, Systems, and Statistics San Diego, CA June 4 th – 8 th, 2006 SUMMARY Successful beginning Data quality Risk factors Next Steps Build it and they will come