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WISH Query: Low Birthweight Module

(Data Updated August 2024)

This module creates statistics on births to Wisconsin residents, focusing on low birthweight and premature births. It provides data on the number and geographic location of births and selected characteristics of the mother, the infant, and their health care.

This revision adds 2022 birth data to the module.

To define your query, you may focus on certain counties, regions or local health departments for the most recent year or a range of years since 1990. You may also select specific maternal characteristics, such as mother's age, education, marital status, or race/ethnicity. You may select characteristics of the infant, such as gestational age or birthweight. You may also request data about prenatal care or the delivery method.

Finally, choose row and column variables for your table from a list that includes geographic areas, years, maternal or infant characteristics, and health care. See Measures Used In Birth Modules for definitions and notes on measurement.

Step 1. Which births do you wish to focus on?

Measure

Step 2. Choose One or More Geographic Areas

You can ask for data for the entire state of Wisconsin or for smaller geographic areas. All locations refer to residence of:

State: Click the "Wisconsin statewide" button (the default option).
Region: Click the "Region" button. Then select one region, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select multiple regions (Region map).
County: Click the "County" button. Then select one county, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select multiple counties.
City: Click the "City" button. Then select one city name, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select multiple cities.
Milwaukee: Click the "City of Milwaukee" button. Then click one of the ZIP codes, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select multiple ZIP codes (More on Milwaukee zip codes).
Local Health Department: Click the "Local Health Department" button. Then select one health department, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select multiple health departments (More on local health departments).

Note: To see results for individual areas, first select the areas of interest here, then choose "Geographic Area" as a ROW or COLUMN variable in Step 5 or 6 below.

Geographic Area

 

Step 3. Choose One or More Years

You can see data for the latest available year (2022). Or you can choose to see one or more single years, or one or more groups of years. If you are requesting data for an area or group with few annual births, it may be useful to combine years of data. WISH suppresses small numbers (cell size less than 5) to comply with Wisconsin vital records data privacy guidelines.

One or more years: Click the "One or more years" button. Then select a year, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select more than one year.

Note: To see results for a series of years (or a series of year groups), first select the years of interest here, then choose "Year(s)" as a ROW or COLUMN variable in Step 6 or 7 below.

Years

Step 4. Choose Specific Characteristics (Optional)

This limits your analysis to a specific subpopulation. (Example: Births to mothers 18-19 years of age, non-Hispanic white, who used tobacco during pregnancy.) Choose one or more characteristics to focus your analysis.

Specific Characteristics

Maternal Characteristics:

AND/ OR Infant Characteristics:

AND/ OR Health Care Characteristics:

Adequacy of Prenatal Care

Due to changes in the standard birth certificate starting in 2011, the measure for trimester prenatal care began is not comparable to the measure used in previous years. See definitions for more.

Row Variable

Step 5. Choose a Row Variable

Maternal Characteristics

Infant Characteristics

Health Care Characteristics
Adequacy of Prenatal Care

Column Variable

Step 6. Choose a Column Variable (optional)

Maternal Characteristics

Infant Characteristics

Health Care Characteristics
Adequacy of Prenatal Care

* Available for 2011 and more recent years only.

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Glossary

 
Last revised August 14, 2024