Data Sources for Maternal Violent Deaths in Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Health’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) is a group of experts from different fields that review deaths that happen during pregnancy and up to one year after a pregnancy ends. This committee looks at the individual cases of women who die to understand what happened and find ways to prevent these deaths in the future. MDH shares what the committee learns including, the leading causes of death, whether it was related to the pregnancy, contributing factors, and whether the death could have been prevented. MDH then shares recommendations to help prevent future maternal deaths. 

Maternal Mortality

Minnesota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (Minnesota PRAMS) project collects qualitative and quantitative data on the behaviors and experiences before, during, and shortly after a woman’s pregnancy. This information is used to help plan, improve, and monitor maternal and child health programs in Minnesota. Minnesota PRAMS data are available upon request. 

PRAMS

Violence Free Minnesota (VFMN), Minnesota’s statewide coalition for domestic violence advocacy and response, publishes an annual report on intimate partner homicides including, Minnesotans killed by a current or former intimate partner, bystanders and children killed in an intimate partner violence incident, and people murdered while being stalked or involved in commercial sexual exploitation or sex trafficking. This report is Minnesota’s most comprehensive and consistent source of data on deaths related to intimate partner violence. VFMN also publishes reports about special topics related to intimate partner violence homicide, like intimate partner violence homicide during pregnancy and strangulation of women and children who have died by homicide. 

Reports -- Violence Free Minnesota

This dashboard shows the number of hospital and ER-visits by Minnesota residents seeking care for interpersonal violence, including assault, abuse, and maltreatment. A highlight is the data on visits for physical, sexual, and psychological abuse complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.

Interpersonal Violence Hospital Visits

The Minnesota Violent Death Reporting System (MNVDRS) combines information from multiple sources, including death certificates, medical examiner/coroner reports, and law enforcement records to understand the circumstances surrounding violent deaths in Minnesota. Violent deaths include deaths due to suicide, homicide, unintentional firearm injuries, and legal intervention, as well as deaths of an undetermined manner that may have been violent in nature. This interactive dashboard allows users to explore MNVDRS data by key variables like year, location, and manner of death.

Minnesota Violence Death Reporting System

This set of interactive data dashboards explore how common adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are among students who took the Minnesota Student Survey. They include the percentage of students statewide and by school district who report having ever witnessed violence between adults in the home (located in the dashboard District Overview) and the percentage of students who have experienced teen dating violence (located in the dashboard Risk Factors).

Adverse Childhood Experiences Interactive Data

This dashboard uses data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Syndromic Surveillance Project to show the incidence of emergency department visits related to ACEs. Charts in this dashboard allow viewers to see how the rate of emergency department visits (per 10,000) for mental health conditions, suicide attempts, and intimate partner violence changes over time.

Adverse Childhood Experiences Syndromic Data