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
