- 1 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1995 BIRTH COHORT DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (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) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF MOTHER |LIVE BIRTHS | | TOTAL | EARLY | LATE | POST- | | INFANT | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL ____________________________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_____________ ALL RACES1/ TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS)...NUMBER.. 3,899,589 29,302 19,184 15,482 3,703 10,117 RATE.. 7.5 4.9 4.0 .9 2.6 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 285,976 18,525 14,946 12,765 2,181 3,579 RATE.. 64.8 52.3 44.6 7.6 12.5 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 5,703 5,162 5,072 4,947 125 90 RATE.. 905.2 889.3 867.4 21.9 15.8 500-749 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 9,998 5,261 4,677 3,935 742 584 RATE.. 526.2 467.8 393.6 74.2 58.4 750-999 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 10,816 1,979 1,521 1,103 418 458 RATE.. 183.0 140.6 102.0 38.7 42.3 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 12,242 1,038 743 567 176 295 RATE.. 84.8 60.7 46.3 14.4 24.1 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 14,267 795 552 439 113 243 RATE.. 55.7 38.7 30.8 7.9 17.0 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 55,342 1,823 1,164 899 265 659 RATE.. 32.9 21.0 16.2 4.8 11.9 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 177,608 2,467 1,217 876 342 1,249 RATE.. 13.9 6.9 4.9 1.9 7.0 2,500-2,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 640,891 3,419 1,420 911 509 1,999 RATE.. 5.3 2.2 1.4 .8 3.1 3,000-3,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 1,438,889 4,059 1,385 786 598 2,675 RATE.. 2.8 1.0 .5 .4 1.9 - 2 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1995 BIRTH COHORT DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (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) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF MOTHER |LIVE BIRTHS | | TOTAL | EARLY | LATE | POST- | | INFANT | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL ____________________________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_____________ ALL RACES1/ 3,500-3,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 1,129,470 2,175 774 470 303 1,402 RATE.. 1.9 .7 .4 .3 1.2 4,000-4,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 339,910 609 241 160 82 368 RATE.. 1.8 .7 .5 .2 1.1 4,500-4,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 56,309 113 46 33 13 66 RATE.. 2.0 .8 .6 .2 1.2 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.........NUMBER.. 6,466 50 35 33 2 15 RATE.. 7.7 5.4 5.1 .3 2.4 NOT STATED..................NUMBER.. 1,678 351 338 324 14 13 RATE.. 209.4 201.4 192.8 8.6 8.0 _____________________________________________________________________________ - 3 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1995 BIRTH COHORT DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (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) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF MOTHER |LIVE BIRTHS | | TOTAL | EARLY | LATE | POST- | | INFANT | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL ____________________________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_____________ WHITE TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS)...NUMBER.. 3,098,885 19,461 12,709 10,106 2,603 6,752 RATE.. 6.3 4.1 3.3 .8 2.2 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 193,083 11,587 9,468 8,047 1,421 2,119 RATE.. 60.0 49.0 41.7 7.4 11.0 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 3,140 2,862 2,814 2,731 83 48 RATE.. 911.4 896.2 869.6 26.6 15.2 500-749 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 5,888 3,213 2,899 2,469 430 314 RATE.. 545.7 492.4 419.4 73.0 53.3 750-999 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 6,685 1,303 1,059 772 287 244 RATE.. 194.9 158.4 115.4 42.9 36.6 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 7,972 717 544 431 113 172 RATE.. 89.9 68.3 54.1 14.2 21.6 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 9,358 532 387 313 74 145 RATE.. 56.8 41.4 33.4 7.9 15.4 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 37,525 1,256 835 654 181 421 RATE.. 33.5 22.3 17.4 4.8 11.2 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 122,515 1,705 930 677 252 775 RATE.. 13.9 7.6 5.5 2.1 6.3 2,500-2,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 458,899 2,385 1,061 691 370 1,324 RATE.. 5.2 2.3 1.5 .8 2.9 3,000-3,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 1,130,307 3,000 1,098 624 473 1,902 RATE.. 2.7 1.0 .6 .4 1.7 - 4 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1995 BIRTH COHORT DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (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) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF MOTHER |LIVE BIRTHS | | TOTAL | EARLY | LATE | POST- | | INFANT | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL ____________________________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_____________ WHITE 3,500-3,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 958,758 1,691 635 385 250 1,056 RATE.. 1.8 .7 .4 .3 1.1 4,000-4,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 300,735 470 194 127 67 276 RATE.. 1.6 .6 .4 .2 .9 4,500-4,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 50,333 93 37 24 13 56 RATE.. 1.8 .7 .5 .3 1.1 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.........NUMBER.. 5,602 39 28 26 2 11 RATE.. 6.9 4.9 4.6 .4 2.0 NOT STATED..................NUMBER.. 1,168 197 189 182 6 8 RATE.. 168.7 161.6 156.2 5.3 7.1 _____________________________________________________________________________ - 5 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1995 BIRTH COHORT DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (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) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF MOTHER |LIVE BIRTHS | | TOTAL | EARLY | LATE | POST- | | INFANT | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL ____________________________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_____________ BLACK TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS)...NUMBER.. 603,139 8,674 5,788 4,821 967 2,887 RATE.. 14.4 9.6 8.0 1.6 4.8 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 79,335 6,289 4,982 4,291 691 1,306 RATE.. 79.3 62.8 54.1 8.7 16.5 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 2,421 2,173 2,134 2,093 40 40 RATE.. 897.6 881.3 864.6 16.7 16.3 500-749 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 3,800 1,888 1,638 1,344 294 250 RATE.. 496.9 431.0 353.6 77.4 65.9 750-999 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 3,748 600 411 295 117 189 RATE.. 160.2 109.8 78.6 31.1 50.4 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 3,801 281 171 115 57 109 RATE.. 73.9 45.1 30.1 14.9 28.8 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 4,323 215 127 93 35 87 RATE.. 49.7 29.5 21.5 8.0 20.2 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 15,384 472 262 192 70 210 RATE.. 30.7 17.0 12.5 4.5 13.6 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 45,858 660 239 161 78 421 RATE.. 14.4 5.2 3.5 1.7 9.2 2,500-2,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 141,444 861 287 172 115 574 RATE.. 6.1 2.0 1.2 .8 4.1 3,000-3,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 228,037 867 224 124 100 643 RATE.. 3.8 1.0 .5 .4 2.8 - 6 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1995 BIRTH COHORT DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (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) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF MOTHER |LIVE BIRTHS | | TOTAL | EARLY | LATE | POST- | | INFANT | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL | NEONATAL ____________________________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_____________ BLACK 3,500-3,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 122,168 387 111 68 44 276 RATE.. 3.2 .9 .6 .4 2.3 4,000-4,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 27,133 115 41 29 12 74 RATE.. 4.2 1.5 1.1 .4 2.7 4,500-4,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 4,038 10 6 6 - 4 RATE.. 2.5 1.5 1.5 - 1.0 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.........NUMBER.. 600 9 5 5 - 4 RATE.. 15.2 8.5 8.5 - 6.7 NOT STATED..................NUMBER.. 384 137 132 126 5 5 RATE.. 355.9 342.5 329.2 13.3 13.4 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK