Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Dutchess County

Maternal and Infant Health
Dutchess 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 550 8.0 14.2 Yes 10.2 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 3,306 37.1 42.1 Yes 38.8 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% first births 3,685 41.3 43.5 Yes 41.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 386 4.3 3.9 No 4.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 6,573 82.7 73.0 Yes 74.8 Yes 1st 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 238 3.0 5.6 Yes 4.3 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 5,646 73.2 64.6 Yes 67.7 Yes 2nd 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES 2,560 88.9 84.6 Yes 85.3 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% of Infants in WIC Who Were Breastfeeding at 6 Months, Low SES 699 33.0 40.6 Yes N/A No 1st N/A N/A
% Cesarean section 3,307 37.1 34.1 Yes 35.9 No 4th N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 38 4.3 5.4 No 5.8 No 1st 4.5 Yes
      Neonatal (<28 days) 24 2.7 3.6 No 4.0 No 1st 2.9 Yes
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 14 1.6* 1.8 No 1.8 No 2nd 1.5 No
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 11 1.2* 6.8 Yes 4.9 Yes 1st 4.1 Yes
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 35 3.9 10.4 Yes 8.9 Yes 1st N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 20 2.2 5.6 Yes 5.6 Yes 1st 4.5 Yes
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births + s 11.2* 20.3 No 13.9 No 3rd 3.3 No
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 119 1.3 1.5 No 1.4 No 2nd 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 74 0.8 1.1 Yes 1.0 No 2nd N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 636 7.1 8.2 Yes 7.7 No 2nd 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 441 4.9 6.0 Yes 5.4 No 2nd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 153 1.8 2.1 No 1.9 No 2nd 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 745 8.9 10.2 Yes 9.6 Yes 2nd 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 898 10.7 12.3 Yes 11.5 Yes 2nd 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 44 0.5 0.7 No 0.6 No 1st N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 24 28.9 58.4 Yes 70.4 Yes 1st 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