Maternal health data
Data sharing and requests
Maternal mortality data from 2014 through 2022 is currently available for request.
The Maternal Mortality Prevention Program (MMPP) collects maternal mortality data, and some of this data is available upon request. The CDPHE Data Request system is temporarily unavailable. At this time, data can be requested by emailing preventmaternalmortality@state.co.us. When submitting a data request, please consider:
- When is the data needed?
- What years of data do you need?
- What specific data points are you interested in?
- What questions are you hoping to answer with the data?
- How will you use the data?
- Are you interested in pregnancy-associated data, pregnancy-related data, or both?
- Are you looking for statewide data?
A member of the MMP team will work with you to better understand your needs if you are not sure about the answers to some of these questions.
Data request process
- The CDPHE Data Request system is temporarily unavailable. At this time, data can be requested by emailing preventmaternalmortality@state.co.us.
- A member of the MMPP team will contact you to learn more about the scope and goals of your project and ensure that your request adheres to data suppression guidelines, which protect the privacy and confidentiality of the individuals and their surviving community.
- If approved, data will be shared with you at no cost.
Questions
Email preventmaternalmortality@state.co.us with any questions.
MMPP Publications
The Maternal Mortality in Colorado Legislative Report, 2016-2020 published in September 2023, presents the work of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC).
Perinatal Health Data: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities to Improve The CDPHE and University of Denver Colorado Evaluation & Action Lab Improving Perinatal Health for Colorado Families: Strategies to Advance Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Policymaking provides strategies to advance evidence-based decision-making in policymaking.
The CDPHE and University of Denver Colorado Evaluation & Action Lab Improving Perinatal Health for Colorado Families: Strategies to Advance Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Policymaking provides strategies to advance evidence-based decision-making in policymaking.
Maternal Deaths From Suicide and Overdose in Colorado published December 2016, determines the demographic and clinical characteristics of maternal deaths from self-harm (accidental overdose or suicide) to identify opportunities for prevention.
- Maternal Deaths From Suicide and Overdose in Colorado, 2004-2012. (National Library of Medicine website).
Maternal Mortality in Colorado, 2014-2016, published July 1, 2020, recommends strategies to achieve equity in maternal health outcomes and ways to reduce the incidence of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity; identifies maternal mortality causes that have the greatest impact on pregnant and postpartum Coloradans and are most preventable; recommends clinical quality improvement approaches that could reduce the incidence of pregnancy-related mortality or morbidity in clinical settings; and offers ways to disseminate best practice guidelines.