Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Bronx County
Maternal and Infant Health
Bronx County
2007-2009
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of births to women 25+ years w/out H.S. education | 11,977 | 27.4 | 14.2 | Yes | 18.5 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % births to out of wedlock mothers | 47,368 | 68.8 | 42.1 | Yes | 45.6 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % first births | 29,589 | 43.0 | 43.5 | Yes | 45.9 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % of births that were multiple births | 2,120 | 3.1 | 3.9 | Yes | 3.6 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % births w/early prenatal care | 41,532 | 64.3 | 73.0 | Yes | 71.2 | Yes | 4th | 90 | No |
| % births w/late or no prenatal care | 5,984 | 9.3 | 5.6 | Yes | 7.0 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) | 35,843 | 55.5 | 64.6 | Yes | 61.5 | Yes | 4th | 90 | No |
| % Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES | 42,823 | 83.8 | 84.6 | No | 84.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % of Infants in WIC Who Were Breastfeeding at 6 Months, Low SES | 16,559 | 48.9 | 40.6 | Yes | 49.3 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % Cesarean section | 21,539 | 31.3 | 34.1 | Yes | 32.3 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births) | |||||||||
| Infant (<1 year) | 432 | 6.3 | 5.4 | Yes | 5.0 | Yes | 3rd | 4.5 | No |
| Neonatal (<28 days) | 287 | 4.2 | 3.6 | Yes | 3.2 | Yes | 3rd | 2.9 | No |
| Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) | 145 | 2.1 | 1.8 | No | 1.8 | No | 3rd | 1.5 | No |
| Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) | 746 | 10.7 | 6.8 | Yes | 8.8 | Yes | 4th | 4.1 | No |
| Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) | 1,033 | 14.8 | 10.4 | Yes | 12.0 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) | 479 | 6.9 | 5.6 | Yes | 5.6 | Yes | 3rd | 4.5 | No |
| Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births + | 21 | 30.5 | 20.3 | No | 27.0 | No | 4th | 3.3 | No |
| % very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) | 1,327 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yes | 1.6 | Yes | 4th | 0.9 | No |
| % very low birthweight singleton births | 1,071 | 1.6 | 1.1 | Yes | 1.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) | 6,845 | 9.9 | 8.2 | Yes | 8.7 | Yes | 4th | 5 | No |
| % low birthweight singleton births | 5,565 | 8.1 | 6.0 | Yes | 6.5 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % Premature Births | |||||||||
| <32 weeks gestation | 1,725 | 2.6 | 2.1 | Yes | 2.2 | Yes | 4th | 1 | No |
| 32 - <37 weeks gestation | 7,747 | 11.5 | 10.2 | Yes | 10.8 | Yes | 4th | 6.4 | No |
| <37 weeks gestation | 9,472 | 14.0 | 12.3 | Yes | 13.0 | Yes | 4th | 7.6 | No |
| % births w/5 minute APGAR <6 | 480 | 0.7 | 0.7 | No | 0.7 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges | 641 | 97.2 | 58.4 | Yes | 46.0 | Yes | 4th | 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


