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The Texas Department of State Health Services, or TDSHS, is a state governmental agency with the mission to improve the health, safety, and well-being of Texans through good stewardship of public resources, and a focus on core public health functions.

Texas Health Data: The Texas Health Data is an interactive public data system that allows you to query TDSHS public health datasets for statistical reports and summaries. The top bar has links to public data and statistics on various public health topics in addition to a list of definitions commonly used throughout this site. The data are intended to help you plan and improve delivery of services, evaluate healthcare systems, inform policy decisions, and aid in research.

As part of the Texas Health Data system, this website allows you to review Texas county and regional profiles that include data on demographics, socioeconomics, communicable diseases, births, and deaths with comparisons to other counties and to statewide averages.

The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a survey designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to identify and monitor selected maternal experiences before, during, and after pregnancy. The PRAMS survey asks questions on health topics, such as access to prenatal care, pregnancy intention, alcohol use, smoking, knowledge of the importance of folic acid, multivitamin use, type of insurance, intimate partner violence, postpartum depression, breastfeeding, infant sleep position, and smoke exposure.