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, 1988 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.............. 3,909,684 37,576 23,783 19,687 4,096 13,793 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 9.6 6.1 5.0 1.0 3.5 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 270,790 22,244 17,822 15,449 2,373 4,422 82.1 65.8 57.1 8.8 16.3 < 500 GRAMS...... 5,077 4,445 4,403 4,347 56 42 875.5 867.2 856.2 11.0 8.3 500-749 GRAMS.... 8,945 6,085 5,544 5,038 506 541 680.3 619.8 563.2 56.6 60.5 750-999 GRAMS.... 9,815 3,207 2,580 2,057 523 627 326.7 262.9 209.6 53.3 63.9 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 11,315 1,703 1,245 895 350 458 150.5 110.0 79.1 30.9 40.5 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 13,518 1,238 887 680 207 351 91.6 65.6 50.3 15.3 26.0 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 51,546 2,456 1,575 1,257 318 881 47.6 30.6 24.4 6.2 17.1 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 170,574 3,110 1,588 1,175 413 1,522 18.2 9.3 6.9 2.4 8.9 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 624,883 4,611 1,735 1,187 548 2,876 7.4 2.8 1.9 .9 4.6 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 1,429,041 5,392 1,729 1,100 629 3,663 3.8 1.2 .8 .4 2.6 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 1,149,970 3,082 1,012 647 365 2,070 2.7 .9 .6 .3 1.8 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 357,381 841 288 194 94 553 2.4 .8 .5 .3 1.5 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 64,994 215 105 84 21 110 3.3 1.6 1.3 .3 1.7 5,000+ GRAMS..... 8,365 169 139 123 16 30 20.2 16.6 14.7 1.9 3.6 NOT STATED........ 4,260 1,022 953 903 50 69 239.9 223.7 212.0 11.7 16.2 _____________________________________________________________ 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, 1988 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.............. 3,046,248 24,283 15,375 12,611 2,764 8,908 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 8.0 5.0 4.1 .9 2.9 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 171,822 13,536 11,090 9,574 1,516 2,446 78.8 64.5 55.7 8.8 14.2 < 500 GRAMS...... 2,683 2,731 2,353 2,325 28 18 883.7 877.0 866.6 10.4 6.7 500-749 GRAMS.... 4,968 3,450 3,205 2,918 287 245 694.4 645.1 587.4 57.8 49.3 750-999 GRAMS.... 5,641 2,030 1,710 1,381 329 320 359.9 303.1 244.8 58.3 56.7 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 6,759 1,136 887 647 240 249 168.1 131.2 95.7 35.5 36.8 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 8,202 884 647 509 138 197 102.9 78.9 62.1 16.8 24.0 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 32,406 1,665 1,145 936 209 520 51.4 35.3 28.9 6.4 16.0 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 111,163 2,040 1,143 858 285 897 18.4 10.3 7.7 2.6 8.1 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 431,106 3,073 1,260 897 363 1,813 7.1 2.9 2.1 .8 4.2 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 1,097,356 3,828 1,299 838 461 2,529 3.5 1.2 .8 .4 2.3 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 964,380 2,320 778 489 289 1,542 2.4 .8 .5 .3 1.6 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 313,456 651 213 137 76 438 2.1 .7 .4 .2 1.4 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 57,853 159 76 57 19 83 2.7 1.3 1.0 .3 1.4 5,000+ GRAMS...... 7,190 101 83 74 9 18 14.0 11.5 10.3 1.3 2.5 NOT STATED......... 3,085 615 576 545 31 39 199.4 186.7 176.7 10.0 12.6 _________________________________________________________ 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, 1988 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.............. 672,056 11,715 7,539 6,392 1,147 4,176 (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS) 17.4 11.2 9.5 1.7 6.2 < 2,500 GRAMS...... 87,065 7,916 6,134 5,379 755 1,782 90.9 70.5 61.8 8.7 20.5 < 500 GRAMS...... 2,261 1,962 1,940 1,914 26 22 867.8 858.0 846.5 11.5 9.7 500-749 GRAMS.... 3,685 2,442 2,166 1,968 198 276 662.7 587.8 534.1 53.7 74.9 750-999 GRAMS.... 3,851 1,079 787 611 176 292 280.2 204.4 158.7 45.7 75.8 1,000-1,249 GRAMS 4,138 497 309 213 96 188 120.1 74.7 51.5 23.2 45.4 1,250-1,499 GRAMS 4,762 343 202 144 58 141 72.0 42.4 30.2 12.2 29.6 1,500-1,999 GRAMS 17,027 679 354 260 94 325 39.9 20.8 15.3 5.5 19.1 2,000-2,499 GRAMS 51,341 914 376 269 107 538 17.8 7.3 5.2 2.1 10.5 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.. 156,924 1,314 388 240 148 926 8.4 2.5 1.5 .9 5.9 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.. 253,965 1,276 352 213 139 924 5.0 1.4 .8 .5 3.6 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.. 136,240 590 190 123 67 400 4.3 1.4 .9 .5 2.9 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.. 31,095 141 58 46 12 83 4.5 1.9 1.5 .4 2.7 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.. 4,936 48 27 26 1 21 9.7 5.5 5.3 .2 4.3 5.000+ GRAMS...... 844 63 52 45 7 11 74.6 61.6 53.3 8.3 13.0 NOT STATED......... 987 367 338 320 18 29 371.8 342.5 324.2 18.2 29.4 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK