Rate of Women on Medical Assistance (MA) Diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) during Pregnancy CY 2016-Current Statewide Department of Human Services (DHS)

data.pa.gov | Last Updated 23 Aug 2022

This dataset summarizes the number of women on Medical Assistance (MA) ages 12 to 55 years old with a delivery and indicates how many of those women were diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) during their pregnancy. Delivery includes live birth or stillbirth. Data collection started in 2016 and will be updated quarterly as data becomes available.

Tags: opioid, disorder, pregnancy, health, family, women, birth, oud, delivery

This dataset has the following 20 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Geographic Areageographic_areatextRegion for measure, either total for Commonwealth or individual county.
Geographic Namegeographic_nametextName of geographic area.
GendergendertextGender of women with deliveries (all female in this dataset).
AgeagetextAge of women with deliveries.
YearyeartextCalendar year for measurement (January 1–December 31).
Time Periodtime_periodtextPeriod for measurement (annual, federal fiscal year, or quarterly, if available).
Time Period Datestime_period_datestextStart and end dates of time period.
Rate of Pregnant Women with OUD Diagnosisdeliveries_with_oud_diagnosisnumberRate of women with a delivery that were diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) per 1000 deliveries.
Type of Ratetype_of_ratetextDescription of deliveries with OUD diagnosis rate.
Number of Women with a Delivery and OUD Diagnosisnumber_of_women_with_anumberCount of women with a delivery and an OUD diagnosis. This count is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS).
Number of Women with a Delivery and OUD Diagnosis notesnumber_of_women_with_a_1textIndicates if the number of women with a delivery and diagnosis of OUD has been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Counts less than 11 are not provided.
Number of Women with a Delivery and OUD Descriptionnumber_of_women_with_a_2textDescribes number of women with a delivery and OUD diagnosis.
Total Number of Deliveriestotal_number_of_deliveriesnumberCount of deliveries, including live births and stillbirths. This count is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS).
Total Number of Deliveries Notestotal_number_of_deliveries_1textIndicates if the number of deliveries has been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Counts less than 11 are not provided.
Total Number of Deliveries Descriptiontotal_number_of_deliveries_2textDescribes number of women with a delivery.
County Code Numbercounty_code_numbernumberPennsylvania county code provided as a number (1-67 for counties, 0 for Commonwealth).
County Code Textcounty_code_texttextPennsylvania county code provided as text (1-67 for counties sorted alphabetically, 0 for Commonwealth).
State FIPS Codestate_fips_codetextFirst 2 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the state association. Each state has its own 2-digit number and each county within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county.
County FIPS Codecounty_fips_codetextLast 3 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the county association. Each state has its own 2-digit number and each county within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county.
Georeferenced Latitude & Longitudegeocoded_columnpointA generic georeferenced Latitude & Longitude point within the county. These points can be used to create visualizations such as maps to show the data by county. A point is also provided for outside of the state (on a map it will sit to the southeast of the state). This number represents the total number for the state and this location provides a spot on a map to display the PA number without having it duplicate within a county when using in a mapping visual.