Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Richmond County

Maternal and Infant Health
Richmond 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 895 6.6 7.6 Yes 12.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 5,292 30.6 40.0 Yes 45.4 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% first births 6,954 40.3 42.9 Yes 45.2 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 793 4.6 3.8 Yes 3.6 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 13,562 81.4 74.9 Yes 72.4 Yes 1st 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 610 3.7 5.0 Yes 6.3 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 10,148 61.0 63.0 Yes 57.3 Yes 4th 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) 4,287 79.5 84.0 Yes 83.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% Cesarian section 6,209 36.0 31.5 Yes 29.6 Yes 4th N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 79 4.6 5.8 No 5.8 No 1st 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 59 3.4 4.0 No 3.8 No 2nd 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 20 1.2 1.8 No 1.9 Yes 2nd 1.5 Yes
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 102 5.9 6.9 No 9.4 Yes 3rd 4.1 No
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 161 9.3 10.9 Yes 13.2 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 87 5.0 6.0 No 6.3 No 2nd 4.5 No
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births s 5.8* 18.3 No 25.1 No 3rd 3.3 No
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 266 1.5 1.6 No 1.6 No 3rd 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 164 0.9 1.1 Yes 1.2 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 1,445 8.4 8.3 No 8.9 Yes 4th 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 955 5.5 6.1 Yes 6.7 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 308 1.8 2.1 Yes 2.3 Yes 2nd 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 1,888 11.1 10.2 Yes 10.7 No 4th 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 2,196 12.9 12.3 Yes 13.0 No 4th 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 65 0.4 0.5 Yes 0.5 No 1st N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 73 43.7 58.0 Yes 58.0 Yes 3rd N/A N/A

s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable