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, 1988 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..... 3,909,684 5,077 8,945 9,815 11,315 INFANT DEATHS... 37,576 4,445 6,085 3,207 1,703 INF.MORT.RATE... 9.6 875.5 680.3 326.7 150.5 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 2,002,527 2,559 4,580 5,062 5,772 INFANT DEATHS... 21,262 2,247 3,355 1,995 1,060 INF.MORT.RATE... 10.6 878.1 732.5 394.1 183.6 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,907,157 2,518 4,365 4,753 5,543 INFANT DEATHS... 16,314 2,198 2,730 1,212 643 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.6 872.9 625.4 255.0 116.0 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 3,046,248 2,683 4,968 5,641 6,759 INFANT DEATHS... 24,283 2,371 3,450 2,030 1,136 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.0 883.7 694.4 359.9 168.1 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,562,726 1,354 2,538 2,940 3,491 INFANT DEATHS... 13,907 1,196 1,905 1,271 725 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.9 883.3 750.6 432.3 207.7 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,483,522 1,329 2,430 2,701 3,268 INFANT DEATHS... 10,376 1,175 1,545 759 411 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.0 884.1 635.8 281.0 125.8 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 672,056 2,261 3,685 3,851 4,138 INFANT DEATHS... 11,715 1,962 2,442 1,079 497 INF.MORT.RATE... 17.4 867.8 662.7 280.2 120.1 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 341,487 1,134 1,913 1,958 2,072 INFANT DEATHS... 6,487 992 1,363 667 293 INF.MORT.RATE... 19.0 874.8 712.5 340.7 141.4 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 330,569 1,127 1,772 1,893 2,066 INFANT DEATHS... 5,228 970 1,079 412 204 INF.MORT.RATE... 15.8 860.7 608.9 217.6 98.7 ______________________________________________________________________________ 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, 1988 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.....3,909,684 13,518 51,546 170,574 3,634,634 4,260 INFANT DEATHS... 37,576 1,238 2,456 3,110 14,310 1,022 INF.MORT.RATE... 9.6 91.6 47.6 18.2 3.9 239.9 MALE LIVE BIRTHS.....2,002,527 6,907 25,019 77,533 1,872,903 2,192 INFANT DEATHS... 21,262 732 1,368 1,658 8,275 572 INF.MORT.RATE... 10.6 106.0 54.7 21.4 4.4 260.9 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS.....1,907,157 6,611 26,527 93,041 1,761,731 2,068 INFANT DEATHS... 16,314 506 1,088 1,452 6,035 450 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.6 76.5 41.0 15.6 3.4 217.6 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS.....3,046,248 8,202 32,406 111,163 2,871,341 3,085 INFANT DEATHS... 24,283 844 1,665 2,040 10,132 615 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.0 102.9 51.4 18.4 3.5 199.4 MALE LIVE BIRTHS.....1,562,726 4,211 16,041 51,048 1,479,537 1,566 INFANT DEATHS... 13,907 496 939 1,123 5,907 345 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.9 117.8 58.5 22.0 4.0 220.3 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS.....1,483,522 3,991 16,365 60,115 1,391,804 1,519 INFANT DEATHS... 10,376 348 726 917 4,225 270 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.0 87.2 44.4 15.3 3.0 177.7 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 672,056 4,762 17,027 51,341 584,004 987 INFANT DEATHS... 11,715 343 679 914 3,432 367 INF.MORT.RATE... 17.4 72.0 39.9 17.8 5.9 371.8 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 341,487 2,376 7,925 22,703 300,878 528 INFANT DEATHS... 6,487 199 370 466 1,930 207 INF.MORT.RATE... 19.0 83.8 46.7 20.5 6.4 392.0 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 330,569 2,386 9,102 28,638 283,126 459 INFANT DEATHS... 5,228 144 309 448 1,502 160 INF.MORT.RATE... 15.8 60.4 33.9 15.6 5.3 348.6 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK