Chapter 6 Page 1 DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF CHILD, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1985 BIRTH COHORT (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR. NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL, 0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS. FOR EACH BIRTHWEIGHT CATEGORY THE NUMBER IS ON THE FIRST LINE AND THE RATE IS ON THE SECOND LINE) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | NEONATAL | BIRTH WEIGHT AND | | |__________________________| POST RACE OF CHILD | LIVE BIRTHS | INFANT | | | | NEO- | | DEATHS | TOTAL | EARLY | LATE | NATAL __________________|_____________|________|________|________|________|_________ ALL RACES 1/ TOTAL.............. 3,760,833 39,145 25,573 21,317 4,256 13,572 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 10.4 6.8 5.7 1.1 3.6 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 253,711 23,210 18,804 16,390 2,414 4,406 91.5 74.1 64.6 9.5 17.4 < 500 GRAMS...... 4,860 4,341 4,311 4,258 53 30 893.2 887.0 876.1 10.9 6.2 500-749 GRAMS.... 8,291 6,137 5,655 5,175 480 482 740.2 682.1 624.2 57.9 58.1 750-999 GRAMS.... 9,452 3,661 2,965 2,454 511 696 387.3 313.7 259.6 54.1 73.6 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 10,578 1,964 1,489 1,146 343 475 185.7 140.8 108.3 32.4 44.9 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 12,540 1,316 935 735 200 381 104.9 74.6 58.6 15.9 30.4 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 48,402 2,544 1,656 1,277 379 888 52.6 34.2 26.4 7.8 18.3 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 159,588 3,247 1,793 1,345 448 1,454 20.3 11.2 8.4 2.8 9.1 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 595,548 4,553 1,870 1,285 585 2,683 7.6 3.1 2.2 1.0 4.5 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 1,378,114 5,734 2,079 1,399 680 3,655 4.2 1.5 1.0 .5 2.7 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 1,110,700 3,203 1,155 778 377 2,048 2.9 1.0 .7 .3 1.8 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 345,358 958 382 267 115 576 2.8 1.1 .8 .3 1.7 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 64,293 240 138 117 21 102 3.7 2.1 1.8 .3 1.6 5,000+ GRAMS..... 8,329 119 96 88 8 23 14.3 11.5 10.6 1.0 2.8 NOT STATED........ 4,780 1,128 1,049 993 56 79 236.0 219.5 207.7 11.7 16.5 _____________________________________________________________ DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 Page 2 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF CHILD, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1985 BIRTH COHORT (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR. NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL, 0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS. FOR EACH BIRTHWEIGHT CATEGORY THE NUMBER IS ON THE FIRST LINE AND THE RATE IS ON THE SECOND LINE) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | NEONATAL | BIRTH WEIGHT AND | | |__________________________| POST RACE OF CHILD | LIVE BIRTHS | INFANT | | | | NEO- | | DEATHS | TOTAL | EARLY | LATE | NATAL __________________|_____________|________|________|________|________|_________ WHITE TOTAL.............. 2,991,521 26,526 17,381 14,323 3,058 9,145 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 8.9 5.8 4.8 1.0 3.1 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 168,478 14,959 12,368 10,699 1,669 2,591 88.8 73.4 63.5 9.9 15.4 < 500 GRAMS...... 2,747 2,465 2,447 2,414 33 18 897.3 890.8 878.8 12.0 6.6 500-749 GRAMS.... 4,863 3,683 3,456 3,177 279 227 757.4 710.7 653.3 57.4 46.7 750-999 GRAMS.... 5,734 2,402 2,036 1,681 355 366 418.9 355.1 293.2 61.9 63.8 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 6,755 1,390 1,118 873 245 272 205.8 165.5 129.2 36.3 40.3 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 8,026 948 710 550 160 238 118.1 88.5 68.5 19.9 29.7 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 32,057 1,807 1,257 978 279 550 56.4 39.2 30.5 8.7 17.2 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 108,296 2,264 1,344 1,026 318 920 20.9 12.4 9.5 2.9 8.5 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 421,418 3,145 1,371 958 413 1,774 7.5 3.3 2.3 1.0 4.2 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 1,079,510 4,171 1,583 1,079 504 2,588 3.9 1.5 1.0 .5 2.4 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 945,835 2,487 918 616 302 1,569 2.6 1.0 .7 .3 1.7 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 307,164 779 315 216 99 464 2.5 1.0 .7 .3 1.5 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 58,046 193 104 86 18 89 3.3 1.8 1.5 .3 1.5 5,000+ GRAMS...... 7,391 82 65 57 8 17 11.1 8.8 7.7 1.1 2.3 NOT STATED......... 3,679 710 657 612 45 53 193.0 178.6 166.3 12.2 14.4 _________________________________________________________ DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 Page 3 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF CHILD, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1985 BIRTH COHORT (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR. NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL, 0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS. FOR EACH BIRTHWEIGHT CATEGORY THE NUMBER IS ON THE FIRST LINE AND THE RATE IS ON THE SECOND LINE) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | NEONATAL | BIRTH WEIGHT AND | | |__________________________| POST RACE OF CHILD | LIVE BIRTHS | INFANT | | | | NEO- | | DEATHS | TOTAL | EARLY | LATE | NATAL __________________|_____________|________|________|________|________|_________ BLACK TOTAL.............. 608,309 11,140 7,339 6,294 1,045 3,801 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 18.3 12.1 10.3 1.7 6.2 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 75,482 7,476 5,832 5,172 660 1,644 99.0 77.3 68.5 8.7 21.8 < 500 GRAMS...... 1,972 1,747 1,735 1,718 17 12 885.9 879.8 871.2 8.6 6.1 500-749 GRAMS.... 3,197 2,282 2,039 1,856 183 243 713.8 637.8 580.5 57.2 76.0 750-999 GRAMS.... 3,444 1,146 842 698 144 304 332.8 244.5 202.7 41.8 88.3 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 3,464 491 308 221 87 183 141.7 88.9 63.8 25.1 52.8 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 4,099 320 190 156 34 130 78.1 46.4 38.1 8.3 31.7 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 14,596 645 341 255 86 304 44.2 23.4 17.5 5.9 20.8 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 44,710 845 377 268 109 468 18.9 8.4 6.0 2.4 10.5 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 143,378 1,225 438 286 152 787 8.5 3.1 2.0 1.1 5.5 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 232,934 1,293 414 260 154 879 5.6 1.8 1.1 .7 3.8 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 123,198 560 185 129 56 375 4.5 1.5 1.0 .5 3.0 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 27,436 144 62 50 12 2 5.2 2.3 1.8 .4 3.0 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 4,374 34 26 23 3 8 7.8 5.9 5.3 .7 1.8 5.000+ GRAMS...... 648 35 30 30 - 5 54.0 46.3 46.3 - 7.7 NOT STATED......... 859 373 352 344 8 21 434.2 409.8 400.5 9.3 24.4 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK NOTE: A miscoded denominator record has made some counts less by 1.