Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Suffolk County
Maternal and Infant Health
Suffolk 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 | 2,595 | 5.6 | 7.6 | Yes | 3.5 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % births to out of wedlock mothers | 16,269 | 28.3 | 40.0 | Yes | 35.0 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % first births | 24,321 | 42.3 | 42.9 | Yes | 40.9 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % of births that were multiple births | 2,485 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Yes | 4.1 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % births w/early prenatal care | 39,296 | 75.4 | 74.9 | No | 77.3 | Yes | 3rd | 90 | No |
| % births w/late or no prenatal care | 2,240 | 4.3 | 5.0 | Yes | 3.8 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) | 33,714 | 65.8 | 63.0 | Yes | 68.6 | Yes | 3rd | 90 | No |
| % Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) | 9,532 | 74.9 | 84.0 | Yes | 85.1 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % Cesarian section | 22,514 | 39.1 | 31.5 | Yes | 33.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births) | |||||||||
| Infant (<1 year) | 267 | 4.6 | 5.8 | Yes | 5.8 | Yes | 1st | 4.5 | No |
| Neonatal (<28 days) | 205 | 3.6 | 4.0 | No | 4.1 | Yes | 2nd | 2.9 | No |
| Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) | 62 | 1.1 | 1.8 | Yes | 1.7 | Yes | 1st | 1.5 | Yes |
| Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) | 218 | 3.8 | 6.9 | Yes | 4.7 | Yes | 2nd | 4.1 | Yes |
| Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) | 423 | 7.3 | 10.9 | Yes | 8.9 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) | 261 | 4.5 | 6.0 | Yes | 5.6 | Yes | 1st | 4.5 | Yes |
| Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births | 4 | 7.0* | 18.3 | No | 12.1 | No | 3rd | 3.3 | No |
| % very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) | 769 | 1.3 | 1.6 | Yes | 1.5 | Yes | 2nd | 0.9 | No |
| % very low birthweight singleton births | 511 | 0.9 | 1.1 | Yes | 1.0 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) | 4,291 | 7.5 | 8.3 | Yes | 7.7 | Yes | 2nd | 5 | No |
| % low birthweight singleton births | 2,968 | 5.2 | 6.1 | Yes | 5.5 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % Premature Births | |||||||||
| <32 weeks gestation | 1,034 | 1.9 | 2.1 | Yes | 1.9 | No | 3rd | 1 | No |
| 32 - <37 weeks gestation | 5,888 | 10.7 | 10.2 | Yes | 9.8 | Yes | 4th | 6.4 | No |
| <37 weeks gestation | 6,922 | 12.6 | 12.3 | No | 11.7 | Yes | 4th | 7.6 | No |
| % births w/5 minute APGAR <6 | 186 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Yes | 0.6 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges | 269 | 47.5 | 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
