Epidemiology Unit

The Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Section of the San Francisco Department of Public Health regularly monitors health-related data to identify health problems affecting families, pregnant people, children, and adolescents in San Francisco. Monitoring data can inform policies, programs, and services to promote health equity for all San Franciscans.

Demographics & Social Determinants of Health

Data Brief: Child and Young Adult Population 2022
Table: Live Births in 2012-2021 by Maternal Age, Race-Ethnicity, Parity, Teen or Transitional Age, No College, Address at Single Resident Occupancy Hotel, Public Housing Address, Annual, 3-Year
Table: Health and Well-Being of Birthing People, San Francisco County, Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA) Survey, 2018-2020
Map: Live Births in 2012-2021 by Maternal Zip Code, 3-Year, 5-Year
Link: CDC Wonder Live Birth County-Specific Data

Prenatal Care

Table: Live Births in 2012-2021 by Prenatal Insurance, First-trimester Prenatal Care, Quality of Prenatal Care, WIC Participation, Delivery Hospital, Annual, 3-Year

Pregnancy Complications

Table: Live Births in 2012-2021 by Hypertension,Diabetes, Pre-pregnancy Obesity, Annual

Birth Outcomes

Data Brief: Preterm Birth 2016, 2019

Slides: Summary of Prenatal Risk Factors, Access to Care, and Birth Outcomes, 2021, 2022

Slides: Summary of Preterm Birth, Days of Gestation Lost, Infant and Maternal Mortality, 2021, 2022

Table: Preterm Birth in 2012-2021 by Race-Ethnicity, Zip Code, Insurance, Hospital, Annual, 3-Year, Rolling 5-Year

Table: Low Birthweight in 2012-2021 by Race-Ethnicity, Zip Code, Insurance, Hospital, Annual, 3-Year

Slides: Preterm Birth Review, 2022

Mental Health

Data Brief: Mental health, 2019, 2021

Slides: Summary of Perinatal Depression, 2022

Nutrition & Weight

Journal Article: Healthy apple program to support child care centers to alter nutrition and physical activity practices and improve child weight: a cluster randomized trial, 2017

Slides: Diabetes diagnosis consistently increases the relative odds of meeting pregnancy weight gain recommendations in San Francisco, 2018

Data Brief: Nutrition, 2019

Data Brief: Breastfeeding, 2019

Slides: Introducing the Veggie Meter

Data Brief: MCAH Food Insecurity, Water Insecurity, Malnutrition & Dehydration, 2021

Slides: Summary of Child Overweight and Obesity, 2021

Oral Health

Journal Article: School-Based Oral Health Screening in San Francisco as an Essential Public Health Service, 2017

Slides: Capacity of Dental Clinics in San Francisco to Serve Children Ages 0-5 years With Denti-Cal Insurance, 2018

Data Brief: Children's Oral Health, 2019

Slides: Development of a composite measure for CavityFree SF evaluation, 2020

Data Brief: CavityFree SF Strategic Plan Indicators, 2018, 2021

Contact Information:

City and County of San Francisco
Department of Public Health
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Section
Epidemiology Unit
333 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94103

Jodi Stookey, Ph.D.
Senior MCAH Epidemiologist
jodi.stookey@sfdph.org

Rachel Ohtake, MPH
MCAH Epidemiologist
Rachel.ohtake@sfdph.org

MCAH Epidemiology Interns, 2021: Deena Abu Amara, Mimansa Cholera, Hannah Hecht, Matthew Leong, Anuradha Nayudu