Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Orange County

2008-2010

Indicator Data Links 3 Year Total County Rate NYS Rate Sig.Dif. NYS Rate exc NYC Sig.Dif. County Ranking
Group
Percentage of births
% of births to women 25 years and older without a high school education (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,692 15.1 14.8 No 10.3 Yes 4th
% of births to out-of-wedlock mothers (Table) (Trend) (Map) 5,173 33.4 41.4 Yes 37.6 Yes 1st
% of births that were first births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 5,963 38.6 43.5 Yes 41.3 Yes 1st
% of births that were multiple births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 595 3.8 3.9 No 4.2 No 3rd
% of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care (Table) (Trend) (Map) 9,284 67.0 72.8 Yes 75.2 Yes 4st
% of births with late (3rd trimester) or no prenatal care (Table) (Trend) (Map) 690 5.0 5.9 Yes 4.3 Yes 3rd
% of births with adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 7,877 59.1 66.0 Yes 68.2 Yes 4st
WIC indicators
% of pregnant women in WIC with early (1st trimester) prenatal care (Table) (Trend) (Map) 6,091 87.1 85.6 No 86.3 No 3nd
% of pregnant women in WIC who were pre-pregnancy underweight (BMI less than 18.5) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 243 3.5 4.6 Yes 4.1 Yes 1st
% of pregnant women in WIC who were pre-pregnancy overweight but not obese (BMI 25-less than 30)~ (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,861 27.1 26.6 No 26.3 No 4th
% of pregnant women in WIC who were pre-pregnancy obese (BMI 30 or higher)~ (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,554 22.6 23.4 No 26.7 Yes 1st
% of pregnant women in WIC with anemia in 3rd trimester (Table) (Map) 419 43.4 37.3 Yes 35.4 Yes 4th
% of pregnant women in WIC with gestational weight gain greater than ideal (Table) (Trend) (Map) 2,625 39.0 41.8 Yes 47.1 Yes 1st
% of pregnant women in WIC with gestational diabetes (Table) (Trend) (Map) 333 5.1 5.5 No 5.7 Yes 2nd
% of pregnant women in WIC with hypertension during pregnancy (Table) (Trend) (Map) 385 5.9 7.2 Yes 9.0 Yes 1st
% of WIC mothers breastfeeding at least 6 months (Table) (Trend) (Map) 2,295 46.9 39.7 Yes 28.7 Yes 1th
% of infants fed any breast milk in delivery hospital (Table) (Trend) (Map) 10,936 76.1 78.3 Yes 73.5 Yes 2rd
% of infants fed exclusively breast milk in delivery hospital (Table) (Trend) (Map) 6,401 44.5 42.5 Yes 52.1 Yes 4st
% of births delivered by cesarean section (Table) (Trend) (Map) 5,059 32.7 34.4 Yes 36.1 Yes 2nd
Mortality rate per 1,000 live births
Infant (less than 1 year) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 88 5.7 5.3 No 5.7 No 3rd
Neonatal (less than 28 days) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 62 4.0 3.6 No 4.0 No 3rd
Post-neonatal (1 month to 1 year) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 26 1.7 1.7 No 1.7 No 3rd
Fetal death (>20 weeks gestation) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 76 4.9 6.9 Yes 4.8 No 2nd
Perinatal (20 weeks gestation - 28 days of life) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 138 8.9 10.4 Yes 8.8 No 2nd
Perinatal (28 weeks gestation - 7 days of life) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 91 5.9 5.7 No 5.7 No 3rd
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births + (Table) (Trend) (Map) 3 19.4* 23.3 No 17.6 No 3rd
Low birthweight indicators
% very low birthweight (less than 1.5 kg) births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 178 1.2 1.5 Yes 1.4 Yes 2nd
% very low birthweight (less than 1.5kg) singleton births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 137 0.9 1.1 Yes 1.0 No 2nd
% low birthweight (less than 2.5 kg) births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,083 7.0 8.2 Yes 7.7 Yes 2nd
% low birthweight (less than 2.5kg) singleton births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 747 5.0 6.2 Yes 5.7 Yes 2nd
% of premature births by gestational age
less than 32 weeks gestation (Table) (Trend) (Map) 260 1.8 2.0 No 1.9 No 2nd
32 - less than 37 weeks gestation (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,211 8.5 9.9 Yes 9.3 Yes 2nd
less than 37 weeks gestation (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,471 10.4 12.0 Yes 11.2 Yes 2nd
% of births with a 5 minute APGAR less than 6 (Table) (Trend) (Map) 109 0.7 0.7 No 0.7 No 3rd
Newborn drug-related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges (Table) (Trend) (Map) 50 35.0 64.0 Yes 78.4 Yes 1st

N/A: Data not available

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

S: Data do not meet reporting criteria

~ Definition for this indicator has changed. See: Technical Notes

+: Definition of Maternal Mortality has changed. See: Technical Notes

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