Statistics

Maternal, Child and Family Health Services (MCFHS) analyzes, monitors, and disseminates statistics on perinatal health issues.  If you have any questions regarding MCFHS statistics, please call 619-692-8807 or send us an email.  If you are pregnant and need services, call 2-1-1 or 1-800-675-2229.

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Statistical Tables and Graphs

MCFHS provides the following statistical tables and graphs on selected perinatal health indicators. They include only San Diego County residents. Note that past years' statistics may be revised as methods change or updated data become available.
 

    Fertility

• Table 1. Live Births
• Table 2. Crude Birth Rate
• Table 3. Fertility Rate
• Table 4. Age-Specific Birth Rate

    Teen Births

• Table 5. Teen Births, Ages 15-17
• Table 6. Teen Births, Ages 18-19
• Table 7. Teen Births, Ages 15-19 
• Table 8. Teen Births, Ages 15-19, 1990s

    Prenatal Care

• Table 9. Early Prenatal Care
• Table 10. Early Prenatal Care, 1990s
• Table 11. Late or No Prenatal Care
• Table 12. Late or No Prenatal Care, 1990s

    Delivery Method

• Table 13. Cesarean Birth
• Table 14. Vaginal Birth after Cesarean

    Prematurity

• Table 15. Preterm Birth
• Table 16. Preterm Birth (Last Menstrual Period Estimate)
• Table 17. Preterm Birth, 1990s (Last Menstrual Period Estimate)
• Table 18. Early Preterm Birth
• Table 19. Late Preterm Birth

    Low Birthweight

• Table 20. Low Birthweight
• Table 21. Low Birthweight, 1990s
• Table 22. Very Low Birthweight
• Table 23. Very Low Birthweight, 1990s

    Fetal Mortality

• Table 24. Fetal Mortality

    Infant Mortality - based on separate death and birth files

• Table 25. Infant Mortality
• Table 26. Infant Mortality, 1990s
• Table 27. Infant Mortality - Leading Causes of Death

    Infant Mortality - based on birth cohort files (linked births and deaths) 

• Table 28. Infant Mortality
• Table 29. Neonatal Mortality
• Table 30. Postneonatal Mortality

    Maternal Mortality

• Table 31. Maternal Deaths
• Table 32. Maternal and Late Maternal Deaths

    Graphs

• Selected Graphs

Additional Statistical Resources:

• Health equity white paper on reducing African-American infant mortality
• County of San Diego, Community Health Statistics
• State of California, Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division
  • Data Dashboards
  • Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA)
• CDC, Reproductive Health Data and Statistics

For more information on MCFHS statistics, call 619-692-8807 or send us an email.

Webpage last updated 9/9/2024