Chapter 6 Page 1 DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY RACE OF CHILD, SEX, AND BIRTH WEIGHT: UNITED STATES, 1985 BIRTH COHORT (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | RACE OF CHILD AND | ALL | < 500 | 500-749 | 750-999 |1000-1249 SEX | BIRTH | GRAMS | GRAMS | GRAMS | GRAMS | WEIGHTS | | | | ______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________ ALL RACES 1/ BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 3,760,833 4,860 8,291 9,452 10,578 INFANT DEATHS... 39,145 4,341 6,137 3,661 1,964 INF.MORT.RATE... 10.4 893.2 740.2 387.3 185.7 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,928,138 2,508 4,282 4,968 5,510 INFANT DEATHS... 22,466 2,233 3,399 2,246 1,233 INF.MORT.RATE... 11.7 890.4 793.8 452.1 223.8 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,832,695 2,352 4,009 4,484 5,068 INFANT DEATHS... 16,679 2,108 2,738 1,415 731 INF.MORT.RATE... 9.1 896.3 683.0 315.6 144.2 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 2,991,521 2,747 4,863 5,734 6,755 INFANT DEATHS... 26,526 2,465 3,683 2,402 1,390 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.9 897.3 757.4 418.9 205.8 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,536,729 1,430 2,532 3,093 3,552 INFANT DEATHS... 15,446 1,276 2,064 1,506 861 INF.MORT.RATE... 10.1 892.3 815.2 486.9 242.4 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,454,792 1,317 2,331 2,641 3,203 INFANT DEATHS... 11,080 1,189 1,619 896 529 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.6 902.8 694.6 339.3 165.2 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 608,309 1,972 3,197 3,444 3,464 INFANT DEATHS... 11,140 1,747 2,282 1,146 491 INF.MORT.RATE... 18.3 885.9 713.8 332.8 141.7 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 308,643 1,012 1,629 1,728 1,754 INFANT DEATHS... 6,161 898 1,236 672 316 INF.MORT.RATE... 20.0 887.4 758.7 388.9 180.2 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 299,666 960 1,568 1,716 1,710 INFANT DEATHS... 4,979 849 1,046 474 175 INF.MORT.RATE... 16.6 884.4 667.1 276.2 102.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2 Page 2 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY RACE OF CHILD, SEX, AND BIRTH WEIGHT: UNITED STATES, 1985 BIRTH COHORT (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | RACE OF CHILD AND | ALL |1250-1499|1500-1999|2000-2499|2500 GRAMS| NOT SEX | BIRTH | GRAMS | GRAMS | GRAMS | OR MORE |STATED |WEIGHTS| | | | | ______________________|_______|_________|_________|_________|__________|______ ALL RACES 1/ BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS.....3,760,833 12,540 48,402 159,588 3,502,342 4,780 INFANT DEATHS... 39,145 1,316 2,544 3,247 14,807 1,128 INF.MORT.RATE... 10.4 104.9 52.6 20.3 4.2 236.0 MALE LIVE BIRTHS.....1,928,138 6,510 23,785 72,908 1,805,121 2,546 INFANT DEATHS... 22,466 818 1,424 1,736 8,744 633 INF.MORT.RATE... 11.7 125.7 59.9 23.8 4.8 248.6 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS.....1,832,695 6,030 24,617 86,680 1,697,221 2,234 INFANT DEATHS... 16,679 498 1,120 1,511 6,063 495 INF.MORT.RATE... 9.1 82.6 45.5 17.4 3.6 221.6 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS.....2,991,521 8,026 32,057 108,296 2,819,364 3,679 INFANT DEATHS... 26,526 948 1,807 2,264 10,857 710 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.9 118.1 56.4 20.9 3.9 193.0 MALE LIVE BIRTHS.....1,536,729 4,259 16,046 49,763 1,454,116 1,938 INFANT DEATHS... 15,446 586 1,000 1,226 6,536 391 INF.MORT.RATE... 10.1 137.6 62.3 24.6 4.5 201.8 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS.....1,454,792 3,767 16,011 58,533 1,365,248 1,741 INFANT DEATHS... 11,080 362 807 1,038 4,321 319 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.6 96.1 50.4 17.7 3.2 183.2 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 608,309 4,099 14,596 44,710 531,968 859 INFANT DEATHS... 11,140 320 645 845 3,291 373 INF.MORT.RATE... 18.3 78.1 44.2 18.9 6.2 434.2 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 308,643 2,023 6,861 20,099 273,056 481 INFANT DEATHS... 6,161 202 361 441 1,819 216 INF.MORT.RATE... 20.0 99.9 52.6 21.9 6.7 449.1 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 299,666 2,076 7,735 24,611 258,912 378 INFANT DEATHS... 4,979 118 284 404 1,472 157 INF.MORT.RATE... 16.6 56.8 36.7 16.4 5.7 415.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK NOTE: A miscoded denominator record has made some counts less by 1.