PRAMS

What is PRAMS?

PRAMS, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, is a surveillance project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health departments.

Developed in 1987, PRAMS collects jurisdiction-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. The births in the 50 jurisdictions that participate in PRAMS surveillance are 81% of all live births in the United States.

PRAMS provides data not available from other sources. PRAMS data are used by researchers to investigate emerging issues in the field of reproductive health and by state, territory, and local governments to plan and review programs and policies aimed at reducing health problems among mothers and infants.

CDC is pleased to announce the release of the 2021 PRAMS data.

The data include information from the COVID-19 vaccine [PDF – 54 KB] supplement for sites that chose to implement it in 2021. Researchers can request the most recent year of data, as well as prior years’ data.

To determine the data availability by site and year from 1988–2021, please access the tables under Years of Data Available.

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CDC is pleased to announce the release of the 2021 PRAMS data.

The data include information from the COVID-19 vaccine [PDF – 54 KB] supplement for sites that chose to implement it in 2021. Researchers can request the most recent year of data, as well as prior years’ data.

To determine the data availability by site and year from 1988–2021, please access the tables under Years of Data Available.

Selected Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Indicators 2016–2021

Data table with selected MCH indicators from 2016–2021. Data is presented for all PRAMS sites and also presented by individual jurisdiction.

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