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American Indian Health Data Book, Executive Summary
The American Indian Health Data Book contains data on selected health concerns in South Dakota, such as social vulnerability, early syphilis, congenital syphilis, cervical cancer, lung cancer, smoking, infant mortality, pregnancy-associated deaths, suicide, alcohol-related deaths, overdose deaths, and age of death.
Vital Statistics Report, 2022
This report contains state and county leading health indicators for vital statistics. The report is divided into seven main sections: Overview, Natality, Infant Mortality, Mortality, Marriage and Divorce, Infectious Disease, and Health Status Profiles.
Pregnancy-Associated and Infant Deaths in South Dakota, 2012-2021
The following report aims to describe the characteristics of mothers who died during pregnancy or up to a year after the pregnancy had ended, and the characteristics of children who passed away before their first birthday, in South Dakota, from 2012 to 2021. We will refer to those cases as pregnancy-associated and as infant deaths. There were 802 infant deaths during those 10 years, and 68 pregnancy-associated deaths.
Suicide Surveillance Report, 2023
In 2021, there were 48,183 deaths classified as suicides in the United States (US), which was about one death every 11 minutes. Suicide was among the top 9 leading causes of death for people ages 10 to 64 years and suicide was ranked as the second leading cause of death for individuals aged 10-14 years and 20-34 years (2021).
Violent Death Reporting System Data Report, 2020
The South Dakota Violent Death Reporting System (SD-VDRS) is a CDC-funded anonymous surveillance system that collects information on suicides, homicides, deaths of undetermined intent, unintentional firearm deaths, and legal intervention deaths in the state.
Infant Mortality 1-Pager, 2017-2021
An infographic with easy-to-understand infant mortality data from 2017-2021.
SUDORS Infographic, 2021
In 2021 there were 82 unintentional and undetermined overdose deaths. A potential bystander was present in 40% of deaths, indicating there may have been an opportunity to provide life-saving actions at the time of the overdose. 43% of deaths involved at least one opioid and 61% of deaths involved at least one stimulant. The largest proportion of deaths involved methamphetamine. 49% of deaths involved a stimulant and no opioids.
Infant Mortality 1-Pager, 2016-2020
This infographic distills the infant mortality data into easy-to-understand graphs.
State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS), 2020
SUDORS is a surveillance system that provides comprehensive data on unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdose deaths that occur in a state. Information is collected from death certificates, coroner reports, and toxicology reports.
Infant Mortality & Prevention Report, 2016-2020
From 2016-2020 there was an average of 77 infant deaths in South Dakota each year for an average infant mortality rate of 6.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births.