Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Steuben County

Maternal and Infant Health
Steuben 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 236 11.7 14.2 Yes 10.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 1,449 43.6 42.1 No 38.8 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% first births 1,279 38.5 43.5 Yes 41.2 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 108 3.2 3.9 Yes 4.2 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 2,481 77.7 73.0 Yes 74.8 No 2nd 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 179 5.6 5.6 No 4.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 2,269 73.7 64.6 Yes 67.7 Yes 2nd 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES 1,565 90.7 84.6 Yes 85.3 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% of Infants in WIC Who Were Breastfeeding at 6 Months, Low SES 234 18.2 40.6 Yes N/A No 3rd N/A N/A
% Cesarean section 1,102 33.1 34.1 No 35.9 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 21 6.3 5.4 No 5.8 No 3rd 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 15 4.5* 3.6 No 4.0 No 3rd 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 6 1.8* 1.8 No 1.8 No 3rd 1.5 No
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 28 8.4 6.8 No 4.9 Yes 4th 4.1 No
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 43 12.8 10.4 No 8.9 Yes 4th N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 25 7.5 5.6 No 5.6 No 4th 4.5 No
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births + s 30.1* 20.3 No 13.9 No 4th 3.3 No
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 50 1.5 1.5 No 1.4 No 3rd 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 36 1.1 1.1 No 1.0 No 4th N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 224 6.7 8.2 Yes 7.7 Yes 2nd 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 167 5.0 6.0 Yes 5.4 No 2nd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 67 2.1 2.1 No 1.9 No 3rd 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 281 8.8 10.2 Yes 9.6 No 2nd 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 348 10.9 12.3 Yes 11.5 No 2nd 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 29 0.9 0.7 No 0.6 No 3rd N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 12 39.3* 58.4 No 70.4 No 2nd 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