Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Ulster County

Maternal and Infant Health
Ulster 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 79 2.0 7.6 Yes 3.5 Yes 3rd N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 2,047 37.2 40.0 Yes 35.0 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% first births 2,356 42.9 42.9 No 40.9 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 232 4.2 3.8 No 4.1 No 4th N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 3,679 77.6 74.9 Yes 77.3 No 2nd 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 155 3.3 5.0 Yes 3.8 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 3,059 68.7 63.0 Yes 68.6 No 3rd 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) 1,262 90.3 84.0 Yes 85.1 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% Cesarian section 1,994 36.3 31.5 Yes 33.2 Yes 4th N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 43 7.8 5.8 No 5.8 No 4th 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 25 4.5 4.0 No 4.1 No 3rd 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 18 3.3* 1.8 Yes 1.7 Yes 4th 1.5 No
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 22 4.0 6.9 Yes 4.7 No 2nd 4.1 Yes
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 47 8.5 10.9 No 8.9 No 2nd N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 32 5.8 6.0 No 5.6 No 2nd 4.5 No
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births s 36.4* 18.3 No 12.1 No 4th 3.3 No
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 88 1.6 1.6 No 1.5 No 3rd 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 60 1.1 1.1 No 1.0 No 3rd N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 456 8.3 8.3 No 7.7 No 4th 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 326 5.9 6.1 No 5.5 No 3rd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 94 1.9 2.1 No 1.9 No 3rd 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 412 8.5 10.2 Yes 9.8 Yes 1st 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 506 10.4 12.3 Yes 11.7 Yes 1st 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 36 0.7 0.5 No 0.6 No 3rd N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 24 45.8 58.0 No 58.0 No 3rd N/A N/A

s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable