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, 1986 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.............. 3,756,849 37,940 24,525 20,433 4,092 13,415 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 10.1 6.5 5.4 1.1 3.6 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 255,662 22,349 18,100 15,766 2,234 4,249 87.4 70.8 61.7 9.1 16.6 < 500 GRAMS...... 4,890 4,337 4,306 4,248 58 31 886.9 880.6 868.7 11.9 6.3 500-749 GRAMS.... 8,352 6,008 5,520 5,038 482 488 719.3 660.9 603.2 57.7 58.4 750-999 GRAMS.... 9,207 3,296 2,662 2,140 522 634 358.0 289.1 232.4 56.7 68.9 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 10,620 1,816 1,394 1,079 315 422 171.0 131.3 101.6 29.7 39.7 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 12,537 1,179 882 682 200 297 94.0 70.4 54.4 16.0 23.7 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 49,123 2,478 1,646 1,304 342 832 50.4 33.5 26.5 7.0 16.9 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 160,933 3,235 1,690 1,275 415 1,545 20.1 10.5 7.9 2.6 9.6 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 597,754 4,567 1,799 1,235 564 2,768 7.6 3.0 2.1 .9 4.6 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 1,376,028 5,502 1,853 1,207 646 3,649 4.0 1.3 .9 .5 2.7 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 1,106,640 3,156 1,112 748 364 2,044 2.9 1.0 .7 .3 1.8 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 344,398 844 334 252 82 510 2.5 1.0 .7 .2 1.5 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 62,770 217 119 85 34 98 3.5 1.9 1.4 .5 1.6 5,000+ GRAMS..... 8,236 130 104 90 14 26 15.8 12.6 10.9 1.7 3.2 NOT STATED........ 5,361 1,175 1,104 1,050 54 71 219.2 205.9 195.9 10.1 13.2 _____________________________________________________________ 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, 1986 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.............. 2,970,620 25,291 16,419 13,542 2,877 8,872 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 8.5 5.5 4.6 1.0 3.0 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 167,474 14,203 11,738 10,172 1,566 2,465 84.8 70.1 60.7 9.4 14.7 < 500 GRAMS...... 2,718 2,444 2,426 2,396 30 18 899.2 892.6 881.5 11.0 6.6 500-749 GRAMS.... 4,844 3,574 3,330 3,035 295 244 737.8 687.4 626.5 60.9 50.4 750-999 GRAMS.... 5,472 2,149 1,816 1,481 335 333 392.7 331.9 270.7 61.2 60.9 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 6,603 1,229 993 774 219 236 186.1 150.4 117.2 33.2 35.7 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 7,879 839 655 508 147 184 106.5 83.1 64.5 18.7 23.4 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 32,050 1,745 1,220 978 242 525 54.4 38.1 30.5 7.6 16.4 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 107,908 2,223 1,298 1,000 298 925 20.6 12.0 9.3 2.8 8.6 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 420,266 3,052 1,311 904 407 1,741 7.3 3.1 2.2 1.0 4.1 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 1,071,977 3,958 1,406 929 477 2,552 3.7 1.3 .9 .4 2.4 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 937,908 2,415 848 569 279 1,567 2.6 .9 .6 .3 1.7 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 305,352 672 269 200 69 403 2.2 .9 .7 .2 1.3 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 56,309 169 86 59 27 83 3.0 1.5 1.0 .5 1.5 5,000+ GRAMS...... 7,249 92 74 64 10 18 12.7 10.2 8.8 1.4 2.5 NOT STATED......... 4,085 730 687 645 42 43 178.7 168.2 157.9 10.3 10.5 _________________________________________________________ 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, 1986 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.............. 621,330 11,151 7,263 6,207 1,056 3,888 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 17.9 11.7 10.0 1.7 6.3 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 77,754 7,350 5,771 5,092 679 1,579 94.5 74.2 65.5 8.7 20.3 < 500 GRAMS...... 2,039 1,770 1,757 1,731 26 13 868.1 861.7 848.9 12.8 6.4 500-749 GRAMS.... 3,278 2,272 2,047 1,875 172 225 693.1 624.5 572.0 52.5 68.6 750-999 GRAMS.... 3,419 1,032 755 586 169 277 301.8 220.8 171.4 49.4 81.0 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 3,663 512 342 259 83 170 139.8 93.4 70.7 22.7 46.4 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 4,187 285 189 143 46 96 68.1 45.1 34.2 11.0 22.9 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 15,229 623 358 267 91 265 40.9 23.5 17.5 6.0 17.4 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 45,939 856 323 231 92 533 18.6 7.0 5.0 2.0 11.6 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 146,209 1,325 424 285 139 901 9.1 2.9 1.9 1.0 6.2 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 237,040 1,295 373 226 147 922 5.5 1.6 1.0 .6 3.9 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 126,054 584 206 141 65 378 4.6 1.6 1.1 .5 3.0 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 28,002 123 52 42 10 71 4.4 1.9 1.5 .4 2.5 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 4,545 38 29 25 4 9 8.4 6.4 5.5 .9 2.0 5.000+ GRAMS...... 704 32 26 24 2 6 45.5 36.9 34.1 2.8 8.5 NOT STATED......... 1,022 404 382 372 10 22 395.3 373.8 364.0 9.8 21.5 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK