Louisiana Birth Defects Monitoring Network (LBDMN) is responsible for the surveillance of birth defects in Louisiana’s children. This report fulfills the annual legislative reporting requirement and details data findings and performance measure assessments for our stakeholders.

Audience: Clinicians, data seekers, public health agencies/organizations, community partners, policymakers

The 2018 Louisiana Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (LA-PAMR) report shares findings from the LA-PAMR Committee’s review of pregnancy-associated deaths occurring in 2018, including findings related to racial disparities, and recommendations for prevention. LA-PAMR works to quantify and understand pregnancy-associated deaths in order to create actionable, comprehensive recommendations to prevent future deaths.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE 2018 PAMR Report
Check out this video of Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell highlighting the main findings of the report. 

Pregnancy-associated deaths include:

• Pregnancy-related deaths: The death of a woman during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy from a pregnancy complication, a chain of events initiated by the pregnancy, or the aggravation of an unrelated condition by the physiologic effects of pregnancy (example cause of death: preeclampsia or eclampsia).
• Pregnancy-associated, but not related deaths: The death of a woman during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy from a cause that is not related to pregnancy (example cause of death: car crash).
• Pregnancy-associated, but unable to determine relatedness deaths: A pregnancy-associated death where the cause of death is unable to be determined as “pregnancy-related” or “pregnancy-associated, but not related” (example cause of death: suicide).

This two page fact sheet provides an overview of the top causes of fatal and non-fatal traumatic brain injuries in Louisiana, for all ages. It also includes key talking points and prevention strategies related to fatal and nonfatal injuries traumatic brain injuries.

Suggested Audience: public health agencies/organizations, policy makers

This one page fact sheet provides information on concussions in youth in Louisiana, for all ages. It also includes key talking points and prevention strategies related to fatal injuries.

Suggested Audience: public health agencies/organizations, policy makers