- 1 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1997 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.. 3,880,894 27,919 18,532 14,830 3,702 9,387 RATE.. 7.2 4.8 3.8 1.0 2.4 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 292,069 18,036 14,711 12,427 2,284 3,325 RATE.. 61.8 50.4 42.5 7.8 11.4 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 5,994 5,297 5,205 5,070 135 92 RATE.. 883.7 868.3 845.8 22.5 15.4 500-749 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 10,653 5,295 4,670 3,831 839 625 RATE.. 497.0 438.3 359.6 78.8 58.7 750-999 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 11,341 1,834 1,391 948 443 443 RATE.. 161.7 122.6 83.6 39.1 39.0 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 12,735 954 685 484 201 269 RATE.. 74.9 53.8 38.0 15.8 21.1 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 14,936 720 510 405 106 210 RATE.. 48.2 34.2 27.1 7.1 14.1 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 56,899 1,700 1,073 834 239 627 RATE.. 29.9 18.9 14.7 4.2 11.0 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 179,511 2,237 1,178 856 321 1,060 RATE.. 12.5 6.6 4.8 1.8 5.9 2,500-2,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 642,394 3,161 1,260 791 470 1,901 RATE.. 4.9 2.0 1.2 .7 3.0 3,000-3,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 1,435,825 3,693 1,278 707 571 2,416 RATE.. 2.6 .9 .5 .4 1.7 _____________________________________________________________________________ - 2 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1997 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.. 1,117,955 2,023 674 412 262 1,349 RATE.. 1.8 .6 .4 .2 1.2 4,000-4,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 331,020 545 225 138 87 321 RATE.. 1.6 .7 .4 .3 1.0 4,500-4,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 53,963 102 45 31 14 57 RATE.. 1.9 .8 .6 .3 1.1 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.........NUMBER.. 5,942 24 16 13 3 8 RATE.. 4.1 2.7 2.2 .5 1.4 NOT STATED..................NUMBER.. 1,726 334 324 311 12 10 RATE.. 193.4 187.5 180.5 7.0 5.9 _____________________________________________________________________________ - 3 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1997 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.. 3,072,640 18,549 12,264 9,676 2,589 6,285 RATE.. 6.0 4.0 3.1 .8 2.0 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 198,981 11,370 9,356 7,861 1,495 2,014 RATE.. 57.1 47.0 39.5 7.5 10.1 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 3,315 2,963 2,907 2,836 70 57 RATE.. 893.9 876.8 855.6 21.2 17.1 500-749 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 6,265 3,258 2,908 2,400 508 350 RATE.. 520.0 464.2 383.1 81.0 55.9 750-999 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 7,048 1,213 970 662 308 243 RATE.. 172.1 137.6 93.9 43.6 34.5 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 8,355 640 493 357 136 147 RATE.. 76.7 59.0 42.8 16.3 17.6 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 9,979 527 386 318 68 141 RATE.. 52.8 38.7 31.9 6.8 14.1 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 39,047 1,214 811 637 174 403 RATE.. 31.1 20.8 16.3 4.4 10.3 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 124,972 1,555 882 650 232 673 RATE.. 12.4 7.1 5.2 1.9 5.4 2,500-2,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 459,862 2,216 957 604 353 1,259 RATE.. 4.8 2.1 1.3 .8 2.7 3,000-3,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 1,123,860 2,676 999 564 435 1,677 RATE.. 2.4 .9 .5 .4 1.5 _____________________________________________________________________________ - 4 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1997 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.. 944,629 1,578 549 339 210 1,029 RATE.. 1.7 .6 .4 .2 1.1 4,000-4,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 291,289 437 187 113 73 251 RATE.. 1.5 .6 .4 .3 .9 4,500-4,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 47,812 82 39 25 13 44 RATE.. 1.7 .8 .5 .3 .9 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.........NUMBER.. 5,130 14 9 7 2 5 RATE.. 2.8 1.8 1.4 .4 1.0 NOT STATED..................NUMBER.. 1,077 176 169 161 7 7 RATE.. 163.1 156.5 149.9 6.6 6.6 _____________________________________________________________________________ - 5 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1997 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.. 599,913 8,186 5,546 4,597 949 2,639 RATE.. 13.6 9.2 7.7 1.6 4.4 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 78,207 5,968 4,804 4,114 689 1,165 RATE.. 76.3 61.4 52.6 8.8 14.9 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.......NUMBER.. 2,484 2,170 2,137 2,077 60 33 RATE.. 873.8 860.4 836.3 24.0 13.4 500-749 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 3,990 1,834 1,580 1,287 294 254 RATE.. 459.8 396.1 322.4 73.6 63.7 750-999 GRAMS.............NUMBER.. 3,831 549 371 253 118 178 RATE.. 143.4 96.9 66.0 30.9 46.5 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 3,831 275 163 104 59 112 RATE.. 71.9 42.5 27.2 15.3 29.4 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 4,296 161 98 64 33 63 RATE.. 37.4 22.8 15.0 7.8 14.6 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 15,163 410 216 162 55 193 RATE.. 27.0 14.3 10.7 3.6 12.8 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER.. 44,612 568 238 167 71 330 RATE.. 12.7 5.3 3.7 1.6 7.4 2,500-2,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 139,692 797 251 155 96 546 RATE.. 5.7 1.8 1.1 .7 3.9 3,000-3,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 227,482 824 218 110 107 606 RATE.. 3.6 1.0 .5 .5 2.7 _____________________________________________________________________________ - 6 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1997 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.. 122,133 344 89 51 39 254 RATE.. 2.8 .7 .4 .3 2.1 4,000-4,499 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 27,343 81 28 18 10 53 RATE.. 3.0 1.0 .7 .4 1.9 4,500-4,999 GRAMS...........NUMBER.. 4,167 14 5 4 1 9 RATE.. 3.4 1.2 1.0 .2 2.2 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.........NUMBER.. 530 9 6 5 1 3 RATE.. 17.3 11.6 9.6 1.9 5.7 NOT STATED..................NUMBER.. 359 148 144 139 5 3 RATE.. 411.0 402.5 388.4 14.1 8.5 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK