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
