Maternal and Child Health Data for New Castle County

Overview

Maternity and child health focuses on ensuring safe pregnancies, healthy births, and the well-being of mothers and children. Access to quality prenatal care and early childhood support is essential for building strong, healthy communities.

Key Data and Reports

Maternal and Child Health in New Castle County

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Table Key

Topic Page	Indicator	New Castle County	% Change	Trendline
Infant and Fetal Deaths	Fetal Deaths number of people	31 (2023)	Decreased 16%(2018 to 2023)	Data loading for chart...
Lead	Children Tested with Levels Above 5 µg/dl rate per 10,000 children under 6	250.3 (2022)	Increased 32%(2017 to 2022)	Data loading for chart...
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)	Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) number of people	160 (2017)	Increased 43%(2012 to 2017)	Data loading for chart...
Preterm Births	Pre-term Births number of people	634 (2023)	Increased 9%(2018 to 2023)	Data loading for chart...
Teen Pregnancy	Teen Pregnancy number of people	204 (2023)	Decreased 22%(2018 to 2023)	Data loading for chart...

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Additional Information

Maternal and Child Health in New Castle County

Data Sources

Fetal Deaths, Pre-term Births, and Teen Pregnancy

Citation: Delaware Health and Social Services, Office of Vital Statistics. 2011-2020. Delaware Vital Statistics Report.

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Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS)

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System. 2011-2020. https://myhealthycommunity.dhss.delaware.gov/

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Mortality

Citation: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Delaware Health Statistics Center.

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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Citation: Delaware Health and Social Services, Office of Vital Statistics. 2011-2020. Delaware Vital Statistics Report.

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Privacy

In releasing this information, Delaware aims to provide information that can be helpful to local communities as they work to improve public health. However, the protection of the confidentiality of our citizens is of paramount importance. To that end, counts of less than 11 are not presented. An outside expert has reviewed the platform to ensure it complies with the HIPAA privacy rule (45 CFR 164.§514(b)).