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, 1987 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.............. 3,809,670 37,328 23,810 19,762 4,048 13,518 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 9.8 6.2 5.2 1.1 3.5 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 262,481 22,103 17,876 15,513 2,363 4,227 84.2 68.1 59.1 9.0 16.1 < 500 GRAMS...... 5,096 4,523 4,493 4,430 63 30 887.6 881.7 869.3 12.4 5.9 500-749 GRAMS.... 8,671 6,043 5,545 5,035 510 498 696.9 639.5 580.7 58.8 57.4 750-999 GRAMS.... 9,829 3,220 2,622 2,119 503 598 327.6 266.8 215.6 51.2 60.8 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 10,758 1,707 1,312 967 345 395 158.7 122.0 89.9 32.1 36.7 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 12,902 1,113 790 595 195 323 86.3 61.2 46.1 15.1 25.0 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 49,869 2,368 1,543 1,207 336 825 47.5 30.9 24.2 6.7 16.5 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 165,356 3,129 1,571 1,160 411 1,558 18.9 9.5 7.0 2.5 9.4 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 608,389 4,415 1,713 1,143 570 2,702 7.3 2.8 1.9 .9 4.4 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 1,394,698 5,432 1,746 1,127 619 3,686 3.9 1.3 .8 .4 2.6 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 1,120,963 3,063 959 635 324 2,104 2.7 .9 .6 .3 1.9 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 347,536 886 303 213 90 583 2.5 .9 .6 .3 1.7 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 62,774 210 96 74 22 114 3.3 1.5 1.2 .4 1.8 5,000+ GRAMS..... 7,880 121 87 72 15 34 15.4 11.0 9.1 1.9 4.3 NOT STATED........ 4,949 1,098 1,030 985 45 68 221.9 208.1 199.0 9.1 13.7 _____________________________________________________________ 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, 1987 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.............. 2,992,659 24,553 15,552 12,778 2,774 9,001 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 8.2 5.2 4.3 .9 3.0 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 169,906 13,755 11,326 9,767 1,559 2,429 81.0 66.7 57.5 9.2 14.3 < 500 GRAMS...... 2,778 2,490 2,476 2,439 37 14 896.3 891.3 878.0 13.3 5.0 500-749 GRAMS.... 4,820 3,486 3,259 2,971 288 227 723.2 676.1 616.4 59.8 47.1 750-999 GRAMS.... 5,752 2,086 1,772 1,440 332 314 362.7 308.1 250.3 57.7 54.6 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 6,690 1,193 957 709 248 236 178.3 143.0 106.0 37.1 35.3 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 8,087 779 583 439 144 196 96.3 72.1 54.3 17.8 24.2 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 32,274 1,640 1,133 894 239 507 50.8 35.1 27.7 7.4 15.7 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 109,505 2,081 1,146 875 271 935 19.0 10.5 8.0 2.5 8.5 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 424,055 2,917 1,223 838 385 1,694 6.9 2.9 2.0 .9 4.0 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 1,079,851 3,929 1,307 861 446 2,622 3.6 1.2 .8 .4 2.4 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 945,180 2,339 735 477 258 1,604 2.5 .8 .5 .3 1.7 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 307,121 718 236 170 66 482 2.3 .8 .6 .2 1.6 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 56,051 174 77 59 18 97 3.1 1.4 1.1 .3 1.7 5,000+ GRAMS...... 6,869 86 57 48 9 29 12.5 8.3 7.0 1.3 4.2 NOT STATED......... 3,626 635 591 558 33 44 175.1 163.0 153.9 9.1 12.1 _________________________________________________________ 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, 1987 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.............. 641,661 11,235 7,397 6,314 1,083 3,838 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 17.5 11.5 9.8 1.7 6.0 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 81,471 7,575 5,950 5,245 705 1,625 93.0 73.0 64.4 8.7 19.9 < 500 GRAMS...... 2,178 1,907 1,891 1,865 26 16 875.6 868.2 856.3 11.9 7.3 500-749 GRAMS.... 3,579 2,376 2,118 1,913 205 258 663.9 591.8 534.5 57.3 72.1 750-999 GRAMS.... 3,725 1,029 763 614 149 266 276.2 204.8 164.8 40.0 71.4 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 3,701 453 307 229 78 146 122.4 83.0 61.9 21.1 39.4 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 4,338 292 174 128 46 118 67.3 40.1 29.5 10.6 27.2 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 15,668 622 347 262 85 275 39.7 22.1 16.7 5.4 17.6 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 48,282 896 350 234 116 546 18.6 7.2 4.8 2.4 11.3 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 150,628 1,284 417 257 160 867 8.5 2.8 1.7 1.1 5.8 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 243,647 1,226 368 233 135 858 5.0 1.5 1.0 .6 3.5 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 130,569 554 176 126 50 378 4.2 1.3 1.0 .4 2.9 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 28,812 130 54 35 19 76 4.5 1.9 1.2 .7 2.6 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 4,730 24 15 13 2 9 5.1 3.2 2.7 .4 1.9 5.000+ GRAMS...... 740 32 27 23 4 5 43.2 36.5 31.1 5.4 6.8 NOT STATED......... 1,064 410 390 382 8 20 385.3 366.5 359.0 7.5 18.8 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK