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Vital Statistics
The Minnesota Vital Statistics System compiles statistical data on all births, deaths, infant deaths, and fetal deaths in Minnesota.
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Trend reports for Minnesota, counties, and community health boards
These reports summarize demographic, natality, and mortality trends for Minnesota, its 87 counties and community health boards. The demographic section has five years of trend data on selected indicators including population size, poverty rates, and unemployment rates. The natality and mortality sections aggregate years into four 5-year groupings. Natality indicators include low birth weight, prematurity and prenatal care initiation. Mortality indicators include age-adjusted deaths rates for cancer, heart disease, stroke, and unintentional injury.
About the Minnesota Vital Statistics System
The Minnesota Vital Statistics System (MVSS) is a part of the MDH Center for Health Statistics. The MVSS compiles statistical data on all births, deaths, infant deaths, and fetal deaths to Minnesota residents. These data are provided to MVSS by the Office of Vital Records, the state entity responsible for registering the facts of birth and death in the State of Minnesota using information submitted by hospitals, clinics, or medical examiners.
The MDH Center for Health Statistics creates statistical files that are used to monitor trends in vital statistics (e.g., pregnancy risk factors, birth outcomes, and causes of death), for the state overall and for specific subgroups (e.g., race, age, or county of residence). These data allow MDH and public health partners to identify emerging issues, develop tailored prevention or intervention programs, and monitor progress in addressing health disparities. Summary statistics are reported each year in the Annual Health Summary, County Health Tables, and Vital Statistics Trend Reports (above) located on our website.
References
- Annual Estimates 2020 are bridgedârace vintage 2020 postcensal estimates of the July 1 resident population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
- Bridged-Race Resident Population Estimates United States, State and County for the year 1990-2020.
- Single-Race Resident Population Estimates United States, State-level data with single year and broader age groups 2010-2012; County-level data with 5-year age groups (0-4 years) 2010-2022.
- Division of Vital Statistics. Instruction manual part 8: Geographic classification, 2014. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/instruction_manuals.htm.
- Minnesota Department of Health: Office of Vital Records.
- National Center for Health Statistics. Vital statistics data available. Birth, Fetal Death and Mortality multiple cause files. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm.
- National Vital Statistics System: Linked Birth and Infant Death Data (cdc.gov).
- National Vital Statistics System: NVSS - Fetal Deaths (cdc.gov).
- National Center for Health Statistics Data Query System NVSS - National Vital Statistics System Homepage (cdc.gov).
- Population denominator data are summed from MN State Demographer's estimates of population by county: https://mn.gov/admin/demography/data-by-topic/population-data/our-estimates/.
- WONDER Online National and State-level Databases: CDC WONDER.