Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Kings County

Maternal and Infant Health
Kings County
2004-2006

Indicator 3 Year
Total
County
Rate
NYS Rate Sig.Dif. NYC Rate Sig.Dif. Ranking
Quartile
HP2010
Goal
HP2010
Goal Met?
% of births to women 25+ years w/out H.S. education 10,105 12.4 7.6 Yes 12.3 No 4th N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 51,549 43.2 40.0 Yes 45.4 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% first births 50,061 41.9 42.9 Yes 45.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 3,982 3.3 3.8 Yes 3.6 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 82,678 71.5 74.9 Yes 72.4 Yes 4th 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 7,011 6.1 5.0 Yes 6.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 63,018 54.7 63.0 Yes 57.3 Yes 4th 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) 59,644 82.7 84.0 Yes 83.3 No 3rd N/A N/A
% Cesarian section 33,341 27.9 31.5 Yes 29.6 Yes 1st N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 752 6.3 5.8 Yes 5.8 Yes 3rd 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 485 4.1 4.0 No 3.8 No 2nd 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 267 2.2 1.8 Yes 1.9 No 3rd 1.5 No
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 1,315 10.9 6.9 Yes 9.4 Yes 4th 4.1 No
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 1,800 14.9 10.9 Yes 13.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 807 6.7 6.0 Yes 6.3 No 3rd 4.5 No
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births 40 33.5 18.3 Yes 25.1 No 4th 3.3 No
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 1,987 1.7 1.6 Yes 1.6 No 4th 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 1,494 1.3 1.1 Yes 1.2 No 4th N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 10,326 8.6 8.3 Yes 8.9 Yes 4th 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 7,897 6.6 6.1 Yes 6.7 No 4th N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 2,733 2.3 2.1 Yes 2.3 No 4th 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 12,528 10.7 10.2 Yes 10.7 No 4th 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 15,261 13.0 12.3 Yes 13.0 No 4th 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 603 0.5 0.5 No 0.5 No 2nd N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 581 49.7 58.0 Yes 58.0 Yes 3rd N/A N/A

s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable