The U.S. Maternal Vulnerability Index
2024
This data portal from Surgo Ventures provides a comprehensive tool using 2021 date to examine the range of factors that influence adverse pregnancy outcomes in the United States, where the maternal mortality rate remains the highest of any industrialized country in the world. The U.S. Maternal Vulnerability Index (MVI) is the first county-level, national-scale tool to rank vulnerability to poor maternal health outcomes and identify the regions and factors impacting susceptibility to these outcomes for U.S. mothers. The index ranks counties and states on overall vulnerability to poor pregnancy outcomes and vulnerability across six themes: reproductive health, physical health, mental health and substance abuse, general healthcare, socioeconomic determinants, and physical environment. Users can explore data by county and state, including the assigned score for each region on a scale from 0-100, with a higher score representing an increased vulnerability for poor maternal health outcomes.
The portal also provides data on the impact of racial inequities in maternal health and allows users to explore maternal vulnerability by race and ethnicity across geographic regions.
The tool is accompanied by a detailed report that discusses the Maternal Vulnerability Index and explores insights from the tool concerning the geography and drivers of maternal vulnerability in the U.S.
The U.S. Maternal Vulnerability Index
Source:
The U.S. Maternal Vulnerability Index. Surgo Ventures. https://mvi.surgoventures.org.