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Bright Start TN Data Dashboard

Browse by measure of success below:
High-Quality Early Learning
Health & Development
Family & Community
High-Quality Early Care and Education Birth through Age 5High-Quality Early Care and Education Birth through Age 5
Positive Early Care and Education ClimatePositive Early Care and Education Climate
Regular School Attendance PreK – 3rd GradeRegular School Attendance PreK – 3rd Grade
Grade-Level Proficiency PreK to 2nd GradeGrade-Level Proficiency PreK to 2nd Grade
Summer LearningSummer Learning
Healthy BirthweightHealthy Birthweight
Physical HealthPhysical Health
Social Emotional HealthSocial Emotional Health
Oral HealthOral Health
Early InterventionEarly Intervention
Safe at HomeSafe at Home
Positive Parent/Child InteractionPositive Parent/Child Interaction
Reading with ChildrenReading with Children
Supports for FamiliesSupports for Families
Skilled and Knowledgeable ParentsSkilled and Knowledgeable Parents
 

Measure Of Success

Healthy Birthweight

The major indicator for this measure of success is the percent of babies born weighing less than  2500 grams (5.5 pounds).

Learn more about the strategies and research rationale associated with Healthy Birthweight.

Instructions:

  • Hover over any Bright Start TN region to display the major indicator as well as a breakdown of the data.
  • Click on any region to isolate the data to the counties in a specific Bright Start TN region.
  • Click above the bar chart to sort the data by county of birthmother or by % of low birthweight babies.

Statewide Average for Tennessee: 8.9% of babies born are low birthweight babies.

Notes:

  • The demographic (race/ethnicity) breakdown tables are only available by health region (not by county).
  • Race (Black/White) and Ethnicity (Hispanic/Non-Hispanic) are reported separately and are NOT mutually exclusive.
  • Any data not displayed in the table is not available from the source.

 

Got questions?  See something that needs to be updated?  Let us know! We can be reached at data@tqee.org

Data Source:

Tennessee Department of Health, Division of Vital Records and Statistics

Data Year:
2020

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