At a glance – Infant Mortality Rate:
American |
White |
All Races |
American |
---|---|---|---|
8.1 |
5.8 |
6.9 |
1.4 |
Source: CDC 2008. Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2005 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set. National Vital Statistics Reports 57(2). Table 6.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_02.pdf [PDF, 745KB]
At a glance – Leading Causes of Infant Mortality:
Cause of Death |
# American |
American |
#Non- |
Non- |
American |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) Congenital malformations |
73 |
162.9 |
2,851 |
125.0 |
1.3 |
(2) Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) |
50 |
111.6 |
1,264 |
55.4 |
2.0 |
(3) Low-Birthweight |
44 |
98.2 |
1,725 |
75.7 |
1.3 |
Source: CDC 2008. Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2005 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set. National Vital Statistics Reports 57(2). Table 7.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_02.pdf [PDF, 745KB]
At a glance – Prenatal Care:
Prenatal care began during the 1st trimester, 2004
American |
Non-Hispanic White |
American Indian/Alaska |
---|---|---|
69.9 |
88.9 |
0.8 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 7
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
Prenatal care began during the 3rd trimester or mother received no prenatal care, 2004
American |
Non-Hispanic White |
American Indian/Alaska |
---|---|---|
7.9 |
2.2 |
3.6 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 7
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
At a glance – Characteristics of Mother:
American |
Non-Hispanic White |
American Indian/Alaska |
---|---|---|
18.2 |
13.8 |
1.3 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 12
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
Maternal education, 2004
American |
Non-Hispanic White |
American Indian/Alaska |
---|---|---|
30.1 |
11.0 |
2.7 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 11
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
American |
Non-Hispanic White |
American Indian/Alaska |
---|---|---|
8.6 |
37.0 |
0.2 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 11
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
American Indian/Alaska Native |
Non-Hispanic White |
American Indian/Alaska Native/ |
---|---|---|
10.6 |
9.0 |
1.2 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 20
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
American Indian/Alaska Native |
Non-Hispanic White |
American Indian/Alaska Native/ |
---|---|---|
6.0 |
4.1 |
1.5 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 20
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
Age of mother, 2005
Age of mother |
American |
Non-Hispanic White |
American |
---|---|---|---|
Under 20 years |
9.4 |
8.7 |
0.9 |
20-24 years |
8.1 |
7.1 |
1.1 |
25-29 years |
7.1 |
5.1 |
1.4 |
30-34 years |
7.4 |
4.4 |
1.7 |
35-39 years |
11.1 |
5.1 |
2.2 |
40-54 years |
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6.6 |
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Source: CDC 2008. Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2005 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set. National Vital Statistics Reports 57(2). Table 1 and Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_02.pdf [PDF, 745KB]
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