DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY RACE OF MOTHER, SEX AND BIRTH WEIGHT OF CHILD: UNITED STATES, 1995 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (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..... 3,899,589 5,703 9,998 10,816 12,242 INFANT DEATHS... 29,505 5,155 5,280 1,970 1,047 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.6 903.9 528.1 182.1 85.5 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,996,355 2,917 5,033 5,621 6,350 INFANT DEATHS... 16,580 2,663 3,037 1,215 637 INF.MORT.RATE... 8.3 912.9 603.5 216.2 100.3 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,903,234 2,786 4,965 5,195 5,892 INFANT DEATHS... 12,924 2,492 2,243 754 410 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.8 894.5 451.7 145.2 69.6 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 3,098,885 3,140 5,888 6,685 7,972 INFANT DEATHS... 19,529 2,861 3,216 1,289 725 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.3 911.2 546.2 192.8 90.9 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,588,427 1,628 2,971 3,497 4,209 INFANT DEATHS... 11,118 1,495 1,865 807 456 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.0 918.6 627.7 230.7 108.4 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,510,458 1,512 2,917 3,188 3,763 INFANT DEATHS... 8,411 1,366 1,351 482 269 INF.MORT.RATE... 5.6 903.3 463.2 151.2 71.4 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 603,139 2,421 3,800 3,748 3,801 INFANT DEATHS... 8,793 2,166 1,897 611 283 INF.MORT.RATE... 14.6 894.8 499.3 163.0 74.4 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 306,115 1,210 1,912 1,919 1,888 INFANT DEATHS... 4,828 1,097 1,084 364 158 INF.MORT.RATE... 15.8 906.9 566.9 189.6 83.6 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 297,024 1,211 1,888 1,829 1,913 INFANT DEATHS... 3,965 1,069 814 247 125 INF.MORT.RATE... 13.3 882.7 430.9 135.2 65.4 _____________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK Tab295.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, 1995 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (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.... 3,899,589 14,267 55,342 177,608 3,611,935 1,678 INFANT DEATHS.. 29,505 779 1,835 2,406 10,680 353 INF.MORT.RATE.. 7.6 54.6 33.2 13.5 3.0 210.7 MALE LIVE BIRTHS.... 1,996,355 7,328 27,134 81,593 1,859,469 910 INFANT DEATHS.. 16,580 436 960 1,243 6,162 227 INF.MORT.RATE.. 8.3 59.5 35.4 15.2 3.3 249.7 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS.... 1,903,234 6,939 28,208 96,015 1,752,466 768 INFANT DEATHS.. 12,924 343 875 1,163 4,518 126 INF.MORT.RATE.. 6.8 49.4 31.0 12.1 2.6 164.4 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS.... 3,098,885 9,358 37,525 122,515 2,904,634 1,168 INFANT DEATHS.. 19,529 519 1,245 1,678 7,795 200 INF.MORT.RATE.. 6.3 55.5 33.2 13.7 2.7 171.4 MALE LIVE BIRTHS.... 1,588,427 4,880 18,647 56,827 1,495,140 628 INFANT DEATHS.. 11,118 302 659 881 4,527 126 INF.MORT.RATE.. 7.0 61.9 35.3 15.5 3.0 200.3 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS.... 1,510,458 4,478 18,878 65,688 1,409,494 540 INFANT DEATHS.. 8,411 217 586 798 3,268 74 INF.MORT.RATE.. 5.6 48.5 31.0 12.1 2.3 137.8 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS.... 603,139 4,323 15,384 45,858 523,420 384 INFANT DEATHS.. 8,793 210 498 617 2,376 136 INF.MORT.RATE 14.6 48.5 32.3 13.4 4.5 353.0 MALE LIVE BIRTHS.. 306,115 2,126 7,248 20,411 269,182 219 INFANT DEATHS 4,828 111 258 307 1,360 89 INF.MORT.RATE 15.8 52.1 35.6 15.1 5.1 406.8 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS.. 297,024 2,197 8,136 25,447 254,238 165 INFANT DEATHS 3,965 99 240 309 1,016 46 INF.MORT.RATE 13.3 45.0 29.5 12.2 4.0 281.6 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK Tab295.doc - Page 2