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About the National Data
Data
Data Sources: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), CDC/NCCDPHP; California's Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA), CDPH
Baseline: 78.7 percent of infants born in 2016 were put to sleep on their backs
Target: 88.9 percent
Methodology
Questions used to obtain the national baseline data
From the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System:
Numerator:
How do you most often lay your baby down to sleep now? [Check one answer.]- (__) On his/her side
- (__) On his/her back
- (__) On his/her stomach
From the Maternal and Infant Health Assessment:
Numerator:
How do you put your new baby down to sleep most of the time? [Check only one answer].- (__) On his/her side
- (__) On his/her back
- (__) On his/her stomach
Methodology notes
The following PRAMS states were included in preparing the 2016 estimate: AL, AK, AR, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NYC, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, and WY. These data were combined with data from the California's Maternal and Infant Health Assessment to produce the displayed estimate.
History
1. Because Healthy People 2030 objectives have a desired direction (e.g., increase or decrease), the confidence level of a one-sided prediction interval can be used as an indication of how likely a target will be to achieve based on the historical data and fitted trend.