Ratio: Percentage of mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Definition: Number of resident mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Data Sources:

1) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System;

2) Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology; Division of Family Health Services; New Jersey Department of Health

2) US Breastfeeding Report Card, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Ratio: Percentage of mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Definition: Number of resident mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Data Sources:

1) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System;

2) Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology; Division of Family Health Services; New Jersey Department of Health

2) US Breastfeeding Report Card, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Ratio: Percent of live births whose mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy.

Definition: Self-reported use of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy. Denominator includes mothers with unknown alcohol use status (approx. 5% of birth records).

Source: Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Number of live births to pregnant women who received prenatal care in the first trimester as a percentage of the total number of live births.

Definition: Number of live births to pregnant women who received prenatal care in the first trimester.

Data Source: Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Percentage of mothers who put their infants on their backs to sleep, among all mothers of infants involved in survey.

Definition: Self-reported practice of putting infants on their backs to sleep.

Data Source: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Maternal, Child, and Community Health Services, Division of Family Health Services,New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Percentage of mothers who put their infants on their backs to sleep, among all mothers of infants involved in survey.

Definition: Self-reported practice of putting infants on their backs to sleep.

Data Source: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Maternal, Child, and Community Health Services, Division of Family Health Services,New Jersey Department of Health