Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Broome County

Maternal and Infant Health
Broome 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 306 7.6 14.2 Yes 10.2 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 2,863 45.8 42.1 Yes 38.8 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% first births 2,571 41.1 43.5 Yes 41.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 267 4.3 3.9 No 4.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 4,651 75.8 73.0 Yes 74.8 No 3rd 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 266 4.3 5.6 Yes 4.3 No 2nd N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 3,668 70.2 64.6 Yes 67.7 Yes 2nd 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES 2,751 80.0 84.6 Yes 85.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% of Infants in WIC Who Were Breastfeeding at 6 Months, Low SES 529 21.0 40.6 Yes N/A No 2nd N/A N/A
% Cesarean section 2,096 33.5 34.1 No 35.9 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 69 11.0 5.4 Yes 5.8 Yes 4th 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 51 8.2 3.6 Yes 4.0 Yes 4th 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 18 2.9* 1.8 No 1.8 No 4th 1.5 No
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 34 5.4 6.8 No 4.9 No 2nd 4.1 No
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 85 13.5 10.4 Yes 8.9 Yes 4th N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 58 9.2 5.6 Yes 5.6 Yes 4th 4.5 No
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) 101 1.6 1.5 No 1.4 No 4th 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 66 1.1 1.1 No 1.0 No 4th N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 496 7.9 8.2 No 7.7 No 3rd 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 358 5.7 6.0 No 5.4 No 3rd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 129 2.1 2.1 No 1.9 No 3rd 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 538 8.7 10.2 Yes 9.6 Yes 2nd 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 667 10.8 12.3 Yes 11.5 No 2nd 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 67 1.1 0.7 Yes 0.6 Yes 4th N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 70 111.2 58.4 Yes 70.4 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