Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Allegany County

Maternal and Infant Health
Allegany County
2007-2009

Indicator 3 Year
Total
County
Rate
NYS Rate Sig.Dif. NYS Rate exc NYC Sig.Dif. County Ranking
Group
HP2010
Goal
HP2010
Goal Met?
% of births to women 25+ years w/out H.S. education 95 10.5 14.2 Yes 10.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 618 39.5 42.1 No 38.8 No 2nd N/A N/A
% first births 631 40.3 43.5 Yes 41.2 No 2nd N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 51 3.3 3.9 No 4.2 No 1st N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 1,186 80.7 73.0 Yes 74.8 Yes 1st 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 63 4.3 5.6 Yes 4.3 No 2nd N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 1,057 72.3 64.6 Yes 67.7 Yes 2nd 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES 791 92.4 84.6 Yes 85.3 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% of Infants in WIC Who Were Breastfeeding at 6 Months, Low SES 122 19.7 40.6 Yes N/A No 3rd N/A N/A
% Cesarean section 512 32.7 34.1 No 35.9 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 7 4.5* 5.4 No 5.8 No 2nd 4.5 Yes
      Neonatal (<28 days) 3 1.9* 3.6 No 4.0 No 1st 2.9 Yes
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 4 2.6* 1.8 No 1.8 No 4th 1.5 No
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 10 6.3* 6.8 No 4.9 No 3rd 4.1 No
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 13 8.3* 10.4 No 8.9 No 2nd N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 6 3.8* 5.6 No 5.6 No 1st 4.5 Yes
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births + 0 0.0* 20.3 Yes 13.9 Yes 2nd 3.3 Yes
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 18 1.2* 1.5 No 1.4 No 2nd 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 14 0.9* 1.1 No 1.0 No 2nd N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 111 7.1 8.2 No 7.7 No 2nd 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 79 5.0 6.0 No 5.4 No 2nd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 38 2.6 2.1 No 1.9 No 4th 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 112 7.6 10.2 Yes 9.6 Yes 1st 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 150 10.2 12.3 Yes 11.5 No 1st 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 7 0.4* 0.7 No 0.6 No 1st N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 6 38.1* 58.4 No 70.4 No 2nd N/A N/A

s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
+: Definition of Maternal Mortality has changed, see Technical Notes