Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Bronx County

Maternal and Infant Health
Bronx County
2004-2006

Indicator 3 Year
Total
County
Rate
NYS Rate Sig.Dif. NYC Rate Sig.Dif. Ranking
Quartile
HP2010
Goal
HP2010
Goal Met?
% of births to women 25+ years w/out H.S. education 8,075 19.3 7.6 Yes 12.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 44,646 66.9 40.0 Yes 45.4 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% first births 27,696 41.5 42.9 Yes 45.2 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 2,017 3.0 3.8 Yes 3.6 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 48,513 74.5 74.9 No 72.4 Yes 3rd 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 3,980 6.1 5.0 Yes 6.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 39,414 60.6 63.0 Yes 57.3 Yes 4th 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) 40,696 83.9 84.0 No 83.3 No 3rd N/A N/A
% Cesarian section 18,806 28.2 31.5 Yes 29.6 Yes 1st N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 454 6.8 5.8 Yes 5.8 Yes 3rd 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 300 4.5 4.0 No 3.8 Yes 3rd 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 154 2.3 1.8 Yes 1.9 No 4th 1.5 No
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 809 12.0 6.9 Yes 9.4 Yes 4th 4.1 No
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 1,109 16.4 10.9 Yes 13.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 514 7.7 6.0 Yes 6.3 Yes 4th 4.5 No
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births 19 28.5* 18.3 No 25.1 No 4th 3.3 No
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 1,402 2.1 1.6 Yes 1.6 Yes 4th 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 1,119 1.7 1.1 Yes 1.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 6,746 10.1 8.3 Yes 8.9 Yes 4th 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 5,524 8.3 6.1 Yes 6.7 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 1,780 2.7 2.1 Yes 2.3 Yes 4th 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 7,025 10.7 10.2 Yes 10.7 No 4th 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 8,805 13.4 12.3 Yes 13.0 Yes 4th 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 436 0.7 0.5 Yes 0.5 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 809 124.7 58.0 Yes 58.0 Yes 4th N/A N/A

s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable