Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Washington 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) 88 7.7 14.8 Yes 10.3 Yes 2nd
% of births to out-of-wedlock mothers (Table) (Trend) (Map) 842 44.5 41.4 Yes 37.6 Yes 3rd
% of births that were first births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 790 41.8 43.5 No 41.3 No 3rd
% of births that were multiple births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 76 4.0 3.9 No 4.2 No 3rd
% of births with early (1st trimester) prenatal care (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,099 61.7 72.8 Yes 75.2 Yes 4st
% of births with late (3rd trimester) or no prenatal care (Table) (Trend) (Map) 82 4.6 5.9 Yes 4.3 No 3rd
% of births with adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,015 58.3 66.0 Yes 68.2 Yes 4st
WIC indicators
% of pregnant women in WIC with early (1st trimester) prenatal care (Table) (Trend) (Map) 894 73.5 85.6 Yes 86.3 Yes 4st
% of pregnant women in WIC who were pre-pregnancy underweight (BMI less than 18.5) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 71 5.8 4.6 No 4.1 Yes 4th
% of pregnant women in WIC who were pre-pregnancy overweight but not obese (BMI 25-less than 30)~ (Table) (Trend) (Map) 312 25.4 26.6 No 26.3 No 3rd
% of pregnant women in WIC who were pre-pregnancy obese (BMI 30 or higher)~ (Table) (Trend) (Map) 371 30.2 23.4 Yes 26.7 Yes 3rd
% of pregnant women in WIC with anemia in 3rd trimester (Table) (Map) 61 35.5 37.3 No 35.4 No 3rd
% of pregnant women in WIC with gestational weight gain greater than ideal (Table) (Trend) (Map) 608 51.4 41.8 Yes 47.1 Yes 3rd
% of pregnant women in WIC with gestational diabetes (Table) (Trend) (Map) 76 6.7 5.5 No 5.7 No 4th
% of pregnant women in WIC with hypertension during pregnancy (Table) (Trend) (Map) 170 14.9 7.2 Yes 9.0 Yes 4th
% of WIC mothers breastfeeding at least 6 months (Table) (Trend) (Map) 153 16.6 39.7 Yes 28.7 Yes 4st
% of infants fed any breast milk in delivery hospital (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,198 67.5 78.3 Yes 73.5 Yes 3nd
% of infants fed exclusively breast milk in delivery hospital (Table) (Trend) (Map) 1,065 60.0 42.5 Yes 52.1 Yes 3nd
% of births delivered by cesarean section (Table) (Trend) (Map) 635 33.6 34.4 No 36.1 No 3rd
Mortality rate per 1,000 live births
Infant (less than 1 year) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 11 5.8 5.3 No 5.7 No 3rd
Neonatal (less than 28 days) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 9 4.8* 3.6 No 4.0 No 4th
Post-neonatal (1 month to 1 year) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 2 1.1* 1.7 No 1.7 No 2nd
Fetal death (>20 weeks gestation) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 8 4.2* 6.9 No 4.8 No 2nd
Perinatal (20 weeks gestation - 28 days of life) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 17 9.0 10.4 No 8.8 No 2nd
Perinatal (28 weeks gestation - 7 days of life) (Table) (Trend) (Map) 12 6.3 5.7 No 5.7 No 3rd
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births + (Table) (Trend) (Map) 0 0.0* 23.3 Yes 17.6 Yes 2nd
Low birthweight indicators
% very low birthweight (less than 1.5 kg) births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 32 1.7 1.5 No 1.4 No 4th
% very low birthweight (less than 1.5kg) singleton births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 20 1.1 1.1 No 1.0 No 3rd
% low birthweight (less than 2.5 kg) births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 146 7.7 8.2 No 7.7 No 3rd
% low birthweight (less than 2.5kg) singleton births (Table) (Trend) (Map) 101 5.6 6.2 No 5.7 No 3rd
% of premature births by gestational age
less than 32 weeks gestation (Table) (Trend) (Map) 36 2.0 2.0 No 1.9 No 3rd
32 - less than 37 weeks gestation (Table) (Trend) (Map) 141 7.9 9.9 Yes 9.3 Yes 1st
less than 37 weeks gestation (Table) (Trend) (Map) 177 9.9 12.0 Yes 11.2 No 1st
% of births with a 5 minute APGAR less than 6 (Table) (Trend) (Map) 25 1.3 0.7 Yes 0.7 Yes 4th
Newborn drug-related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges (Table) (Trend) (Map) 10 58.4 64.0 No 78.4 No 3rd

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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