Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Lewis County

Maternal and Infant Health
Lewis 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 51 8.3 14.2 Yes 10.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 329 33.6 42.1 Yes 38.8 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% first births 400 40.8 43.5 No 41.2 No 2nd N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 29 3.0 3.9 No 4.2 No 1st N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 692 77.2 73.0 No 74.8 No 2nd 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 27 3.0 5.6 Yes 4.3 No 1st N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 668 75.3 64.6 Yes 67.7 Yes 2nd 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES 548 85.5 84.6 No 85.3 No 3rd N/A N/A
% of Infants in WIC Who Were Breastfeeding at 6 Months, Low SES 144 22.4 40.6 Yes N/A No 2nd N/A N/A
% Cesarean section 310 31.6 34.1 No 35.9 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 5 5.1* 5.4 No 5.8 No 2nd 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 4 4.1* 3.6 No 4.0 No 3rd 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) s 1.0* 1.8 No 1.8 No 2nd 1.5 Yes
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 12 12.1* 6.8 No 4.9 Yes 4th 4.1 No
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 16 16.1* 10.4 No 8.9 Yes 4th N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 7 7.1* 5.6 No 5.6 No 3rd 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) 7 0.7* 1.5 No 1.4 No 1st 0.9 Yes
% very low birthweight singleton births 3 0.3* 1.1 Yes 1.0 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 57 5.8 8.2 Yes 7.7 Yes 1st 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 40 4.1 6.0 Yes 5.4 No 1st N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 9 1.0* 2.1 Yes 1.9 No 1st 1 Yes
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 69 7.8 10.2 Yes 9.6 No 1st 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 78 8.8 12.3 Yes 11.5 Yes 1st 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 7 0.7* 0.7 No 0.6 No 3rd N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges s 11.1* 58.4 No 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