U.S. Maternal Vulnerability Index (MVI)

Please cite and use the updated US MVI Zenodo repository.

Surgo Ventures' Maternal Vulnerability Index (MVI) ranks the U.S. states and counties on indicators measuring drivers of poor maternal health outcomes. Maternal vulnerability is assessed based on 43 drivers grouped into six themes: (1) Reproductive Healthcare, (2) Physical Health, (3) Mental Health and Substance Abuse, (4) General Healthcare, (5) Socioeconomic Determinants, and (6) Physical Environment. The MVI captures factors that put birthing people at increased risk of adverse outcomes during pregnancy that may lead to morbidities and/or death.

Data files:

mvi_data_dictionary.csv: Names and definitions of the variables in the data files

mvi_county.csv: US MVI and six thematic scores for 3142 counties in the continental US and the District of Columbia

mvi_state.csv: US MVI and six thematic scores for 50 states and the District of Columbia

mvi_data_sources.csv: Data sources by indicator used to construct the Maternal Vulnerability Index

mvi_raw_indicator_data_county: Indicator data for 3142 U.S. counties (excludes data that are not publicly available)

mvi_raw_indicator_data_state.csv:  Indicator data for 50 states and the District of Columbia (excludes data that are not publicly available)