Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Erie County
Maternal and Infant Health
Erie County
2004-2006
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | Ranking Quartile |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of births to women 25+ years w/out H.S. education | 256 | 1.2 | 7.6 | Yes | 3.5 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % births to out of wedlock mothers | 11,848 | 39.5 | 40.0 | No | 35.0 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % first births | 11,785 | 39.3 | 42.9 | Yes | 40.9 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % of births that were multiple births | 1,245 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Yes | 4.1 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % births w/early prenatal care | 20,265 | 77.0 | 74.9 | Yes | 77.3 | No | 3rd | 90 | No |
| % births w/late or no prenatal care | 1,026 | 3.9 | 5.0 | Yes | 3.8 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) | 16,224 | 67.9 | 63.0 | Yes | 68.6 | No | 3rd | 90 | No |
| % Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) | 10,336 | 86.5 | 84.0 | Yes | 85.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % Cesarian section | 9,538 | 31.8 | 31.5 | No | 33.2 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births) | |||||||||
| Infant (<1 year) | 246 | 8.2 | 5.8 | Yes | 5.8 | Yes | 4th | 4.5 | No |
| Neonatal (<28 days) | 186 | 6.2 | 4.0 | Yes | 4.1 | Yes | 4th | 2.9 | No |
| Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) | 60 | 2.0 | 1.8 | No | 1.7 | No | 3rd | 1.5 | No |
| Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) | 146 | 4.8 | 6.9 | Yes | 4.7 | No | 2nd | 4.1 | No |
| Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) | 332 | 11.0 | 10.9 | No | 8.9 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) | 242 | 8.0 | 6.0 | Yes | 5.6 | Yes | 4th | 4.5 | No |
| Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births | 7 | 23.3* | 18.3 | No | 12.1 | No | 4th | 3.3 | No |
| % very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) | 601 | 2.0 | 1.6 | Yes | 1.5 | Yes | 4th | 0.9 | No |
| % very low birthweight singleton births | 435 | 1.4 | 1.1 | Yes | 1.0 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) | 2,546 | 8.5 | 8.3 | No | 7.7 | Yes | 4th | 5 | No |
| % low birthweight singleton births | 1,868 | 6.2 | 6.1 | No | 5.5 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % Premature Births | |||||||||
| <32 weeks gestation | 608 | 2.2 | 2.1 | No | 1.9 | Yes | 3rd | 1 | No |
| 32 - <37 weeks gestation | 2,692 | 9.7 | 10.2 | Yes | 9.8 | No | 3rd | 6.4 | No |
| <37 weeks gestation | 3,300 | 11.8 | 12.3 | Yes | 11.7 | No | 3rd | 7.6 | No |
| % births w/5 minute APGAR <6 | 209 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yes | 0.6 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges | 420 | 140.1 | 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
