DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1996 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) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | TOTAL | EARLY |LATE |POST BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF | LIVE | | NEO- | NEO- |NEO- |NEO- MOTHER | BIRTHS |INFANT | NATAL | NATAL |NATAL|NATAL ________________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_____|_____ ALL RACES 1/ TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS).NUMBER 3,891,494 28,257 18,537 14,945 3,592 9,720 RATE 7.3 4.8 3.8 .9 2.5 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 288,181 17,966 14,672 12,476 2,196 3,294 RATE 62.3 50.9 43.3 7.6 11.4 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 5,813 5,171 5,083 4,949 133 88 RATE 889.6 874.4 851.4 23.0 15.2 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 10,358 5,292 4,697 3,918 779 595 RATE 510.9 453.5 378.2 75.2 57.5 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 11,020 1,827 1,416 992 424 411 RATE 165.8 128.5 90.0 38.5 37.3 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 12,491 955 721 535 186 233 RATE 76.4 57.8 42.9 14.9 18.7 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 14,469 753 519 395 125 234 RATE 52.1 35.9 27.3 8.6 16.2 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 56,033 1,679 1,052 827 226 626 RATE 30.0 18.8 14.8 4.0 11.2 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 177,997 2,288 1,183 860 322 1,106 RATE 12.9 6.6 4.8 1.8 6.2 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 639,450 3,265 1,270 797 473 1,995 RATE 5.1 2.0 1.2 .7 3.1 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 1,435,306 3,758 1,271 771 500 2,487 RATE 2.6 .9 .5 .3 1.7 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 1,127,827 2,194 727 419 308 1,468 RATE 1.9 .6 .4 .3 1.3 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 336,685 582 218 142 76 364 RATE 1.7 .6 .4 .2 1.1 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 55,583 120 51 33 18 69 RATE 2.2 .9 .6 .3 1.2 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.....NUMBER 6,270 38 20 14 5 18 RATE 6.0 3.1 2.3 .8 2.9 NOT STATED..............NUMBER 2,192 334 309 294 15 25 RATE 152.2 140.9 133.9 7.0 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK TAB496.TXT - Page 1 DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1996 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) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | TOTAL | EARLY |LATE |POST BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF | LIVE | | NEO- | NEO- |NEO- |NEO- MOTHER | BIRTHS |INFANT | NATAL | NATAL |NATAL|NATAL ________________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_____|_____ WHITE TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS).NUMBER 3,093,057 18,636 12,241 9,795 2,446 6,394 RATE 6.0 4.0 3.2 .8 2.1 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 196,443 11,223 9,274 7,892 1,382 1,950 RATE 57.1 47.2 40.2 7.0 9.9 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 3,217 2,872 2,828 2,759 69 44 RATE 892.7 879.1 857.6 21.5 13.6 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 6,047 3,186 2,887 2,439 447 300 RATE 526.9 477.4 403.4 74.0 49.6 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 6,929 1,225 984 699 285 241 RATE 176.9 142.1 100.9 41.2 34.8 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 8,193 648 514 398 116 134 RATE 79.1 62.8 48.6 14.2 16.3 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 9,648 527 382 301 81 145 RATE 54.6 39.6 31.2 8.4 15.0 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 38,486 1,160 781 629 151 379 RATE 30.1 20.3 16.3 3.9 9.9 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 123,923 1,605 898 667 231 708 RATE 13.0 7.2 5.4 1.9 5.7 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 459,079 2,250 969 626 343 1,281 RATE 4.9 2.1 1.4 .7 2.8 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 1,127,613 2,707 997 611 386 1,710 RATE 2.4 .9 .5 .3 1.5 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 956,468 1,668 587 341 246 1,081 RATE 1.7 .6 .4 .3 1.1 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 297,023 471 185 124 61 286 RATE 1.6 .6 .4 .2 1.0 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 49,516 97 40 27 13 57 RATE 2.0 .8 .5 .3 1.1 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.....NUMBER 5,417 31 16 11 5 14 RATE 5.7 3.0 2.1 .9 2.6 NOT STATED..............NUMBER 1,498 188 174 164 10 14 RATE 125.7 116.0 109.2 6.8 9.7 TAB496.TXT - Page 2 DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1996 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) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | TOTAL | EARLY |LATE |POST BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF | LIVE | | NEO- | NEO- |NEO- |NEO- MOTHER | BIRTHS |INFANT | NATAL | NATAL |NATAL|NATAL ________________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_____|_____ BLACK TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS).NUMBER 594,781 8,397 5,563 4,550 1,013 2,834 RATE 14.1 9.4 7.6 1.7 4.8 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 77,556 6,016 4,826 4,095 731 1,190 RATE 77.6 62.2 52.8 9.4 15.3 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 2,403 2,131 2,087 2,033 54 44 RATE 886.7 868.6 846.2 22.4 18.2 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 3,950 1,912 1,632 1,324 307 280 RATE 484.0 413.1 335.3 77.8 70.9 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 3,672 524 368 246 122 157 RATE 142.8 100.1 67.0 33.1 42.6 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 3,783 261 176 112 64 85 RATE 69.1 46.5 29.7 16.8 22.5 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 4,197 193 113 71 41 80 RATE 45.9 26.8 16.9 9.9 19.1 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 14,960 436 222 154 68 214 RATE 29.1 14.8 10.3 4.6 14.3 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 44,591 560 229 154 75 331 RATE 12.5 5.1 3.4 1.7 7.4 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 138,732 861 250 137 113 611 RATE 6.2 1.8 1.0 .8 4.4 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 224,489 867 222 127 94 646 RATE 3.9 1.0 .6 .4 2.9 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 121,602 422 110 57 53 312 RATE 3.5 .9 .5 .4 2.6 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 27,219 88 28 14 13 61 RATE 3.2 1.0 .5 .5 2.2 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 4,142 15 8 4 4 7 RATE 3.7 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.7 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.....NUMBER 565 4 1 1 - 3 RATE 7.2 1.8 1.8 - 5.4 NOT STATED..............NUMBER 476 124 119 113 5 5 RATE 259.7 249.1 238.3 10.7 10.6 ______________________________________________________________________________ TAB496.TXT - Page 3