Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - New York County
Maternal and Infant Health
New York 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 | 3,823 | 7.9 | 7.6 | Yes | 12.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % births to out of wedlock mothers | 22,349 | 36.6 | 40.0 | Yes | 45.4 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % first births | 33,717 | 55.3 | 42.9 | Yes | 45.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % of births that were multiple births | 3,127 | 5.1 | 3.8 | Yes | 3.6 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % births w/early prenatal care | 45,689 | 77.6 | 74.9 | Yes | 72.4 | Yes | 2nd | 90 | No |
| % births w/late or no prenatal care | 2,756 | 4.7 | 5.0 | Yes | 6.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) | 37,621 | 64.0 | 63.0 | Yes | 57.3 | Yes | 4th | 90 | No |
| % Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) | 19,662 | 82.4 | 84.0 | Yes | 83.3 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % Cesarian section | 18,591 | 30.5 | 31.5 | Yes | 29.6 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births) | |||||||||
| Infant (<1 year) | 271 | 4.4 | 5.8 | Yes | 5.8 | Yes | 1st | 4.5 | Yes |
| Neonatal (<28 days) | 184 | 3.0 | 4.0 | Yes | 3.8 | Yes | 1st | 2.9 | No |
| Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) | 87 | 1.4 | 1.8 | No | 1.9 | Yes | 2nd | 1.5 | Yes |
| Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) | 488 | 7.9 | 6.9 | Yes | 9.4 | Yes | 4th | 4.1 | No |
| Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) | 672 | 10.9 | 10.9 | No | 13.2 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) | 318 | 5.2 | 6.0 | Yes | 6.3 | Yes | 2nd | 4.5 | No |
| Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births | 9 | 14.8* | 18.3 | No | 25.1 | No | 3rd | 3.3 | No |
| % very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) | 846 | 1.4 | 1.6 | Yes | 1.6 | Yes | 2nd | 0.9 | No |
| % very low birthweight singleton births | 558 | 0.9 | 1.1 | Yes | 1.2 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) | 5,297 | 8.7 | 8.3 | Yes | 8.9 | No | 4th | 5 | No |
| % low birthweight singleton births | 3,447 | 5.7 | 6.1 | Yes | 6.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % Premature Births | |||||||||
| <32 weeks gestation | 1,338 | 2.2 | 2.1 | Yes | 2.3 | No | 3rd | 1 | No |
| 32 - <37 weeks gestation | 6,406 | 10.8 | 10.2 | Yes | 10.7 | No | 4th | 6.4 | No |
| <37 weeks gestation | 7,744 | 13.0 | 12.3 | Yes | 13.0 | No | 4th | 7.6 | No |
| % births w/5 minute APGAR <6 | 218 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Yes | 0.5 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges | 335 | 54.8 | 58.0 | No | 58.0 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
