Births
The data presented in these visualizations include selected birth defects among infants and fetuses delivered during the most recent 5 years of data available.
Data collected via the Texas Certificate of Live Birth and categorized by many variables, including delivery route, the newborn's birthweight, and the newborn's gestation period.
Injuries
Uses EMS data to show total number of EMS in minutes for 911 calls, as well as runs by response time, scene time, total transport time, and total prehospital time metrics across statewide and trauma service areas (TSA) in Texas by year.
The data used for this visualization are Emergency Medical Service (EMS) runs reported to the Texas EMS Registry.
The purpose of the Texas EMS & Trauma Registries is to monitor and analyze the EMS and trauma care systems.
Deaths
Uses death certificate data to provide the most recent publicly available information on deaths of Texas residents by year, demographics, and across state and geographic regions.
The Infant Mortality and Morbidity dashboard provides Texas data on infant mortality, the leading causes of infant death, preterm birth, and low birthweight.
Motor Vehicle Crashes are total crashes occurring within a Texas county as reported by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
The Youth Suicides in Texas dashboard provides data on the latest trends from the data available collected on the topic of youth suicides.
Related Topics
This dashboard provides data on prenatal care, birth delivery methods, and postpartum care for Texas women.
The Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), initiated in 1987, is a federally supported landline and cellular telephone survey that collects data about Texas residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.
The Discharge & Mortality dashboard displays preventable deaths and hospitalizations among Texans from 2012-2014.
Uses death certificate data to provide the most recent, publicly available information regarding drug-related deaths among Texans that involve any opioids, narcotics, benzodiazepines, cocaine, psychostimulants, cannabis, or psychotropic substances at state and county levels.
Drug poisoning-related deaths are deaths that are unintentional according to the medical certifier who completes the cause of death section of the death certificate.