Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Orange County

Maternal and Infant Health
Orange 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 1,738 15.2 14.2 Yes 10.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 5,594 35.4 42.1 Yes 38.8 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% first births 6,046 38.3 43.5 Yes 41.2 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 609 3.9 3.9 No 4.2 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 8,965 65.1 73.0 Yes 74.8 Yes 4th 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 758 5.5 5.6 No 4.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 7,581 56.8 64.6 Yes 67.7 Yes 4th 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES 5,394 86.4 84.6 No 85.3 No 3rd N/A N/A
% of Infants in WIC Who Were Breastfeeding at 6 Months, Low SES 2,278 48.1 40.6 Yes N/A No 1st N/A N/A
% Cesarean section 5,183 32.8 34.1 Yes 35.9 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 86 5.4 5.4 No 5.8 No 2nd 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 53 3.4 3.6 No 4.0 No 2nd 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 33 2.1 1.8 No 1.8 No 3rd 1.5 No
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 75 4.7 6.8 Yes 4.9 No 2nd 4.1 No
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 128 8.1 10.4 Yes 8.9 No 2nd N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 80 5.1 5.6 No 5.6 No 2nd 4.5 No
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births + s 12.7* 20.3 No 13.9 No 3rd 3.3 No
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 187 1.2 1.5 Yes 1.4 Yes 2nd 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 140 0.9 1.1 Yes 1.0 No 2nd N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 1,123 7.1 8.2 Yes 7.7 Yes 2nd 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 804 5.1 6.0 Yes 5.4 No 2nd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 255 1.8 2.1 Yes 1.9 No 2nd 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 1,321 9.3 10.2 Yes 9.6 No 3rd 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 1,576 11.1 12.3 Yes 11.5 No 3rd 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 94 0.6 0.7 No 0.6 No 2nd N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 34 23.7 58.4 Yes 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