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
