Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Suffolk County

Maternal and Infant Health
Suffolk 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 5,581 13.0 14.2 Yes 10.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 18,083 33.7 42.1 Yes 38.8 Yes 1st N/A N/A
% first births 21,958 40.9 43.5 Yes 41.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 2,440 4.5 3.9 Yes 4.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 34,332 72.0 73.0 Yes 74.8 Yes 3rd 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 2,442 5.1 5.6 Yes 4.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 30,123 64.9 64.6 No 67.7 Yes 3rd 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES 12,553 79.7 84.6 Yes 85.3 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% of Infants in WIC Who Were Breastfeeding at 6 Months, Low SES 4,357 41.2 40.6 No N/A No 1st N/A N/A
% Cesarean section 23,434 43.7 34.1 Yes 35.9 Yes 4th N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 216 4.0 5.4 Yes 5.8 Yes 1st 4.5 Yes
      Neonatal (<28 days) 158 2.9 3.6 Yes 4.0 Yes 2nd 2.9 Yes
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 58 1.1 1.8 Yes 1.8 Yes 2nd 1.5 Yes
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 216 4.0 6.8 Yes 4.9 Yes 1st 4.1 Yes
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 374 6.9 10.4 Yes 8.9 Yes 1st N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 212 3.9 5.6 Yes 5.6 Yes 1st 4.5 Yes
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births + 8 14.9* 20.3 No 13.9 No 3rd 3.3 No
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 696 1.3 1.5 Yes 1.4 Yes 2nd 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 483 0.9 1.1 Yes 1.0 No 2nd N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 4,101 7.6 8.2 Yes 7.7 No 3rd 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 2,843 5.3 6.0 Yes 5.4 No 3rd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 924 1.8 2.1 Yes 1.9 No 2nd 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 5,269 10.4 10.2 No 9.6 Yes 4th 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 6,193 12.3 12.3 No 11.5 Yes 4th 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 204 0.4 0.7 Yes 0.6 Yes 1st N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 310 58.7 58.4 No 70.4 Yes 3rd 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