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This Tableau visualization project examines racial and geographic disparities in prenatal care utilization and infant birth outcomes across the United States using CDC Natality data.
The project explores how prenatal care access varies by race and region and investigates how these differences relate to infant birth outcomes, particularly low birth weight.
- How does prenatal care access vary by race and region?
- How do infant birth outcomes vary across racial groups and geographic regions?
- What relationship exists between prenatal care utilization and infant birth weight?
- Which U.S. regions exhibit the greatest disparities?
CDC WONDER – National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) Natality Data
Datasets used:
- Prenatal Visits by Race and Geography (2024)
- Infant Birth Weight and Survival by Race (2024)
- Prenatal Visits and Infant Outcomes by Year (2016–2024)
- Tableau Desktop
- Tableau Prep Builder
- CDC WONDER Natality Data
- Trend analysis (2016–2024)
- State-level racial disparities
- County-level choropleth maps
- Prenatal care utilization dashboards
- Low birth weight dashboards
- Correlation analysis between prenatal care and infant outcomes
- Southern U.S. regions showed the highest rates of inadequate prenatal care and low birth weight.
- Black/African American mothers experienced the highest rates of low birth weight.
- Native Hawaiian and American Indian mothers showed the lowest prenatal care utilization in several regions.
- Counties with low prenatal care generally corresponded to higher low-birth-weight rates.
.twbxTableau packaged workbook- PDF presentation/report
- README documentation
- Tableau dashboards
- Tableau Storytelling
- Geographic visualization
- Public health analytics
- Health disparities analysis
- CDC data analysis
- Data cleaning and preparation
- Choropleth mapping
Divya Verma MS Health Informatics Rutgers University