Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Orange County

Maternal and Infant Health
Orange 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 439 3.9 7.6 Yes 3.5 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 5,010 31.7 40.0 Yes 35.0 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% first births 6,021 38.1 42.9 Yes 40.9 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 597 3.8 3.8 No 4.1 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 9,596 69.6 74.9 Yes 77.3 Yes 4th 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 604 4.4 5.0 Yes 3.8 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 7,933 59.4 63.0 Yes 68.6 Yes 4th 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) 4,468 85.3 84.0 No 85.1 No 3rd N/A N/A
% Cesarian section 4,872 30.8 31.5 No 33.2 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 84 5.3 5.8 No 5.8 No 2nd 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 61 3.9 4.0 No 4.1 No 2nd 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 23 1.5 1.8 No 1.7 No 2nd 1.5 Yes
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 46 2.9 6.9 Yes 4.7 Yes 1st 4.1 Yes
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 107 6.8 10.9 Yes 8.9 Yes 1st N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 75 4.7 6.0 No 5.6 No 2nd 4.5 No
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births s 12.7* 18.3 No 12.1 No 3rd 3.3 No
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 187 1.2 1.6 Yes 1.5 Yes 2nd 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 152 1.0 1.1 Yes 1.0 No 3rd N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 1,127 7.1 8.3 Yes 7.7 Yes 2nd 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 808 5.1 6.1 Yes 5.5 No 2nd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 237 1.6 2.1 Yes 1.9 Yes 1st 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 1,393 9.7 10.2 Yes 9.8 No 3rd 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 1,630 11.3 12.3 Yes 11.7 No 3rd 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 74 0.5 0.5 No 0.6 No 2nd N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 34 23.3 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