Maternal and Infant Health Indicators - Washington County

Maternal and Infant Health
Washington 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 11 0.9* 7.6 Yes 3.5 Yes 2nd N/A N/A
% births to out of wedlock mothers 942 49.1 40.0 Yes 35.0 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% first births 761 39.7 42.9 Yes 40.9 No 2nd N/A N/A
% of births that were multiple births 71 3.7 3.8 No 4.1 No 3rd N/A N/A
% births w/early prenatal care 1,229 68.9 74.9 Yes 77.3 Yes 4th 90 No
% births w/late or no prenatal care 61 3.4 5.0 Yes 3.8 No 2nd N/A N/A
% adequate prenatal care (Kotelchuck) 1,075 65.0 63.0 No 68.6 No 3rd 90 No
% Pregnant Women in WIC with Early (1st Trimester) Prenatal Care, Low SES (2005-07) 725 78.1 84.0 Yes 85.1 Yes 4th N/A N/A
% Cesarian section 611 31.9 31.5 No 33.2 No 3rd N/A N/A
Mortality Rates (per 1,000 births)                  
      Infant (<1 year) 17 8.9* 5.8 No 5.8 No 4th 4.5 No
      Neonatal (<28 days) 9 4.7* 4.0 No 4.1 No 3rd 2.9 No
      Postneonatal (1 month to 1 year) 8 4.2* 1.8 No 1.7 Yes 4th 1.5 No
      Fetal death (>20 weeks gest) 15 7.8* 6.9 No 4.7 No 4th 4.1 No
      Perinatal (20 weeks gest - 28 days of life) 24 12.4 10.9 No 8.9 No 4th N/A N/A
      Perinatal (28 weeks gest - 7 days of life) 17 8.8* 6.0 No 5.6 No 4th 4.5 No
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births 0 0.0* 18.3 Yes 12.1 Yes 2nd 3.3 Yes
% very low birthweight (<1.5 Kg) 36 1.9 1.6 No 1.5 No 4th 0.9 No
% very low birthweight singleton births 23 1.2 1.1 No 1.0 No 3rd N/A N/A
% low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) 154 8.0 8.3 No 7.7 No 3rd 5 No
% low birthweight singleton births 109 5.7 6.1 No 5.5 No 3rd N/A N/A
% Premature Births                  
      <32 weeks gestation 38 2.1 2.1 No 1.9 No 3rd 1 No
      32 - <37 weeks gestation 155 8.6 10.2 Yes 9.8 No 1st 6.4 No
      <37 weeks gestation 193 10.7 12.3 Yes 11.7 No 2nd 7.6 No
% births w/5 minute APGAR <6 15 0.8* 0.5 No 0.6 No 4th N/A N/A
Newborn drug related discharge rate per 10,000 newborn discharges 6 35.7* 58.0 No 58.0 No 2nd N/A N/A

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