Newborn Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) Screening Data Summaries

The Newborn Screening Program critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) dashboard includes summary data on infants screened for CCHD using pulse oximetry, diagnoses of CCHD, and the methods used to identify these conditions.

Note, these dashboards are best viewed on a desktop computer or tablet.

Data notes

Data set: access to the data sets used to create these dashboards is provided below. 
Newborn Screening critical congenital heart disease dashboard data file (Excel Worksheet)

Data population: infants born in Minnesota during 2019-2023.

Note on data denominators and eligibility for screening. Data denominators vary between the different newborn screens, so the number of newborns screened or families that opt out will not total the same for each type of screen. This variation is due to factors that determine eligibility for each newborn screen. The denominators used for the CCHD graphs are included below for reference:

• Newborns screened: infants born in Minnesota, excluding infants who died before CCHD screening was completed, were prenatally diagnosed with CCHD, or who had clinical signs of CCHD after birth prior to screening.
• Families who opted out of screening: infants born in Minnesota, excluding infants who died before CCHD screening was completed, were prenatally diagnosed with CCHD, or who had clinical signs of CCHD after birth prior to screening.

For more details about CCHD and informational fact sheets, visit Newborn Screening Information for Providers: Pulse Oximetry Screening in the Well-Baby Nursery

For questions about the data you see here, or to request the information in an alternate format, email health.newbornscreening@state.mn.us.