Chapter 6 DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY RACE OF MOTHER, SEX, AND BIRTH WEIGHT OF CHILD: UNITED STATES, 1991 BIRTH COHORT (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | RACE OF MOTHER | | < 500 | 500-749 | 750-999 |1000-1249 AND SEX | TOTAL | GRAMS | GRAMS | GRAMS | GRAMS ______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________ ALL RACES 1/ BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 4,111,059 5,524 9,709 10,940 12,407 INFANT DEATHS... 35,496 4,898 5,981 2,579 1,347 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.6 886.7 616.0 235.7 108.6 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 2,101,607 2,807 4,979 5,691 6,457 INFANT DEATHS... 20,229 2,517 3,404 1,628 827 INF.MORT.RATE... 9.6 896.7 683.7 286.1 128.1 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 2,009,452 2,717 4,730 5,249 5,950 INFANT DEATHS... 15,267 2,381 2,577 951 520 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.6 876.3 544.8 181.2 87.4 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 3,241,355 2,917 5,404 6,397 7,532 INFANT DEATHS... 22,875 2,632 3,389 1,592 867 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.1 902.3 627.1 248.9 115.1 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,659,124 1,444 2,800 3,327 3,964 INFANT DEATHS... 13,186 1,322 1,958 1,003 525 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.9 915.5 699.3 301.5 132.4 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,582,231 1,473 2,604 3,070 3,568 INFANT DEATHS... 9,689 1,310 1,431 589 342 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.1 889.3 549.5 191.9 95.9 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 682,669 2,471 4,020 4,194 4,497 INFANT DEATHS... 11,321 2,154 2,423 917 442 INF.MORT.RATE... 16.6 871.7 602.7 218.6 98.3 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 346,494 1,303 2,033 2,175 2,298 INFANT DEATHS... 6,358 1,149 1,352 586 279 INF.MORT.RATE... 18.3 881.8 665.0 269.4 121.4 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 336,175 1,168 1,987 2,019 2,199 INFANT DEATHS... 4,963 1,005 1,071 331 163 INF.MORT.RATE... 14.8 860.4 539.0 163.9 74.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK tab291.doc - Page 1 DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY RACE OF MOTHER, SEX, AND BIRTH WEIGHT OF CHILD: UNITED STATES, 1991 BIRTH COHORT (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | RACE OF MOTHER | |1250-1499|1500-1999|2000-2499|2500 GRAMS| NOT AND SEX | TOTAL | GRAMS | GRAMS | GRAMS | OR MORE |STATED ______________________|_______|_________|_________|_________|__________|______ ALL RACES 1/ BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS.....4,111,059 14,495 55,942 183,306 3,813,959 4,777 INFANT DEATHS... 35,496 1,037 2,191 3,021 13,261 1,181 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.6 71.5 39.2 16.5 3.5 247.2 MALE LIVE BIRTHS.....2,101,607 7,293 27,362 83,878 1,960,597 2,543 INFANT DEATHS... 20,229 595 1,183 1,607 7,765 703 INF.MORT.RATE... 9.6 81.6 43.2 19.2 4.0 276.4 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS.....2,009,452 7,202 28,580 99,428 1,853,362 2,234 INFANT DEATHS... 15,267 442 1,008 1,414 5,496 478 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.6 61.4 35.3 14.2 3.0 214.0 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS.....3,241,355 8,950 35,766 120,892 3,050,056 3,441 INFANT DEATHS... 22,875 681 1,478 2,005 9,510 721 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.1 76.1 41.3 16.6 3.1 209.5 MALE LIVE BIRTHS.....1,659,124 4,557 17,791 55,611 1,567,816 1,814 INFANT DEATHS... 13,186 391 828 1,090 5,642 427 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.9 85.8 46.5 19.6 3.6 235.4 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS.....1,582,231 4,393 17,975 65,281 1,482,240 1,627 INFANT DEATHS... 9,689 290 650 915 3,868 294 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.1 66.0 36.2 14.0 2.6 180.7 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 682,669 5,015 18,091 54,105 589,150 1,126 INFANT DEATHS... 11,321 320 619 900 3,134 412 INF.MORT.RATE... 16.6 63.8 34.2 16.6 5.3 365.9 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 346,494 2,439 8,494 24,348 302,780 624 INFANT DEATHS... 6,358 183 314 464 1,779 252 INF.MORT.RATE... 18.3 75.0 37.0 19.1 5.9 403.8 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 336,175 2,576 9,597 29,757 286,370 502 INFANT DEATHS... 4,963 137 305 436 1,355 160 INF.MORT.RATE... 14.8 53.2 31.8 14.7 4.7 318.7 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK tab291.doc - Page 2