Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Nassau County
Maternal and Infant Health
Nassau 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 | 1,909 | 4.8 | 7.6 | Yes | 3.5 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % births to out of wedlock mothers | 10,387 | 22.6 | 40.0 | Yes | 35.0 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % first births | 19,116 | 41.6 | 42.9 | Yes | 40.9 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % of births that were multiple births | 2,337 | 5.1 | 3.8 | Yes | 4.1 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % births w/early prenatal care | 37,940 | 84.7 | 74.9 | Yes | 77.3 | Yes | 1st | 90 | No |
| % births w/late or no prenatal care | 1,149 | 2.6 | 5.0 | Yes | 3.8 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) | 32,297 | 72.6 | 63.0 | Yes | 68.6 | Yes | 2nd | 90 | No |
| % Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) | 7,620 | 80.1 | 84.0 | Yes | 85.1 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % Cesarian section | 17,645 | 38.4 | 31.5 | Yes | 33.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births) | |||||||||
| Infant (<1 year) | 194 | 4.2 | 5.8 | Yes | 5.8 | Yes | 1st | 4.5 | Yes |
| Neonatal (<28 days) | 121 | 2.6 | 4.0 | Yes | 4.1 | Yes | 1st | 2.9 | Yes |
| Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) | 73 | 1.6 | 1.8 | No | 1.7 | No | 2nd | 1.5 | No |
| Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) | 204 | 4.4 | 6.9 | Yes | 4.7 | No | 2nd | 4.1 | No |
| Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) | 325 | 7.0 | 10.9 | Yes | 8.9 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) | 199 | 4.3 | 6.0 | Yes | 5.6 | Yes | 1st | 4.5 | Yes |
| Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births | 6 | 13.1* | 18.3 | No | 12.1 | No | 3rd | 3.3 | No |
| % very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) | 571 | 1.2 | 1.6 | Yes | 1.5 | Yes | 2nd | 0.9 | No |
| % very low birthweight singleton births | 370 | 0.8 | 1.1 | Yes | 1.0 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) | 3,603 | 7.8 | 8.3 | Yes | 7.7 | No | 3rd | 5 | No |
| % low birthweight singleton births | 2,315 | 5.0 | 6.1 | Yes | 5.5 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % Premature Births | |||||||||
| <32 weeks gestation | 754 | 1.7 | 2.1 | Yes | 1.9 | Yes | 2nd | 1 | No |
| 32 - <37 weeks gestation | 4,800 | 10.6 | 10.2 | Yes | 9.8 | Yes | 4th | 6.4 | No |
| <37 weeks gestation | 5,554 | 12.3 | 12.3 | No | 11.7 | Yes | 4th | 7.6 | No |
| % births w/5 minute APGAR <6 | 135 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Yes | 0.6 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges | 109 | 24.1 | 58.0 | Yes | 58.0 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
