- 1 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 3 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND GESTATIONAL AGE: UNITED STATES, 1996 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | GESTATION | _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BIRTH WEIGHT | | | | | | | | | | | | <28 | 28-31 | 32-35 | 36 | 37-39 | 40 | 41 | 42 WEEKS | NOT | TOTAL | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | OR MORE | STATED | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ALL RACES 1/ _ TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS........ 3,891,494 27,456 45,275 198,918 151,458 1,735,210 868,341 489,474 334,713 40,649 INFANT DEATHS...... 28,419 11,498 2,195 2,628 1,066 5,626 2,098 1,292 1,148 870 INF. MORT. RATE.... 7.3 418.8 48.5 13.2 7.0 3.2 2.4 2.6 3.4 21.4 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 288,181 26,335 33,541 92,026 32,008 75,125 12,175 6,026 7,199 3,746 INFANT DEATHS...... 18,126 11,476 2,097 1,973 476 1,179 210 163 159 392 INF. MORT. RATE.... 62.9 435.8 62.5 21.4 14.9 15.7 17.3 27.1 22.1 104.7 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 5,813 5,419 203 22 2 3 4 2 2 156 INFANT DEATHS...... 5,168 4,883 136 15 2 1 2 2 2 124 INF. MORT. RATE.... 889.0 901.2 668.4 690.9 1009.5 365.0 528.6 1028.6 1020.4 794.1 500-749 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 10,358 8,715 1,256 146 8 20 4 5 8 196 INFANT DEATHS...... 5,307 4,768 357 52 1 5 3 1 3 116 INF. MORT. RATE.... 512.3 547.1 284.4 358.9 132.1 254.4 775.6 210.5 383.4 590.6 750-999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 11,020 6,679 3,494 476 29 96 32 25 15 174 INFANT DEATHS...... 1,842 1,318 399 65 5 11 3 1 2 37 INF. MORT. RATE.... 167.1 197.3 114.2 137.6 173.9 117.8 96.7 40.9 136.9 212.6 1,000-1,249 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 12,491 2,842 6,680 2,026 143 332 91 66 92 219 INFANT DEATHS...... 964 320 407 162 12 30 5 7 3 17 INF. MORT. RATE.... 77.1 112.7 61.0 80.2 85.3 89.1 55.9 108.6 33.8 75.6 1,250-1,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 14,469 872 7,254 4,621 401 683 150 92 162 234 INFANT DEATHS...... 763 75 330 231 35 54 10 5 7 16 INF. MORT. RATE.... 52.7 85.7 45.6 49.9 86.6 79.2 69.7 57.0 44.7 67.1 1,500-1,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 56,033 1,036 10,539 29,210 4,715 7,261 1,036 574 861 801 INFANT DEATHS...... 1,696 83 351 699 132 286 44 33 32 37 INF. MORT. RATE.... 30.3 80.5 33.3 23.9 28.0 39.3 42.6 57.3 36.8 45.6 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE. - 2 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 3 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND GESTATIONAL AGE: UNITED STATES, 1996 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | GESTATION | _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BIRTH WEIGHT | | | | | | | | | | | | <28 | 28-31 | 32-35 | 36 | 37-39 | 40 | 41 | 42 WEEKS | NOT | TOTAL | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | OR MORE | STATED | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ALL RACES 1/ _ 2,000-2,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 177,997 772 4,115 55,525 26,710 66,730 10,858 5,262 6,059 1,966 INFANT DEATHS...... 2,387 29 117 748 289 792 142 114 110 47 INF. MORT. RATE.... 13.4 37.1 28.5 13.5 10.8 11.9 13.1 21.6 18.1 23.8 2,500-2,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 639,450 1,121 4,312 49,869 55,194 347,493 92,913 43,252 38,594 6,702 INFANT DEATHS...... 3,254 21 54 395 345 1,527 403 245 221 42 INF. MORT. RATE.... 5.1 19.0 12.6 7.9 6.2 4.4 4.3 5.7 5.7 6.3 3,000-3,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 1,435,306 - 4,968 36,346 43,575 718,699 328,817 168,006 120,994 13,901 INFANT DEATHS...... 3,832 - 31 177 166 1,825 761 438 381 53 INF. MORT. RATE.... 2.7 - 6.2 4.9 3.8 2.5 2.3 2.6 3.2 3.8 3,500-3,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 1,127,827 - 2,454 16,303 16,391 460,975 316,150 187,639 117,693 10,222 INFANT DEATHS...... 2,152 - 12 64 61 844 553 304 277 36 INF. MORT. RATE.... 1.9 - 5.0 4.0 3.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 2.4 3.5 4,000-4,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 336,685 - - 3,733 3,584 113,520 100,588 70,405 41,596 3,259 INFANT DEATHS...... 573 - - 14 13 205 133 108 91 8 INF. MORT. RATE.... 1.7 - - 3.8 3.7 1.8 1.3 1.5 2.2 2.6 4,500-4,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 55,583 - - 564 628 17,307 16,046 12,763 7,734 541 INFANT DEATHS...... 113 - - 4 3 37 29 29 11 1 INF. MORT. RATE.... 2.0 - - 7.3 4.9 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.4 1.8 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE LIVE BIRTHS........ 6,270 - - 77 78 2,091 1,652 1,383 903 86 INFANT DEATHS...... 39 - - - 2 10 9 4 7 6 INF. MORT. RATE.... 6.2 - - - 26.3 4.8 5.5 2.9 7.8 73.4 NOT STATED LIVE BIRTHS........ 2,192 - - - - - - - - 2,192 INFANT DEATHS...... 331 - - - - - - - - 331 INF. MORT. RATE.... 150.8 - - - - - - - - 150.8 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE. - 3 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 3 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND GESTATIONAL AGE: UNITED STATES, 1996 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | GESTATION | _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BIRTH WEIGHT | | | | | | | | | | | | <28 | 28-31 | 32-35 | 36 | 37-39 | 40 | 41 | 42 WEEKS | NOT | TOTAL | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | OR MORE | STATED | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WHITE TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS........ 3,093,057 15,912 29,484 141,145 113,382 1,374,026 710,854 406,769 270,957 30,528 INFANT DEATHS...... 18,774 6,746 1,481 1,874 766 4,049 1,535 954 833 536 INF. MORT. RATE.... 6.1 424.0 50.2 13.3 6.8 2.9 2.2 2.3 3.1 17.6 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 196,443 15,285 22,109 65,133 22,652 51,638 8,220 4,095 4,886 2,425 INFANT DEATHS...... 11,297 6,733 1,416 1,404 326 830 136 108 103 242 INF. MORT. RATE.... 57.5 440.5 64.1 21.6 14.4 16.1 16.5 26.3 21.1 99.6 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 3,217 2,979 126 11 2 3 4 2 - 90 INFANT DEATHS...... 2,870 2,703 81 7 2 1 2 2 - 72 INF. MORT. RATE.... 892.3 907.3 643.8 642.4 1009.5 365.0 528.6 1028.6 - 801.0 500-749 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 6,047 4,973 835 92 6 11 2 4 6 118 INFANT DEATHS...... 3,193 2,846 238 30 - 2 2 - 2 73 INF. MORT. RATE.... 528.0 572.3 285.2 325.8 - 188.5 1047.5 - 344.6 614.6 750-999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 6,929 4,067 2,297 307 18 65 25 20 11 119 INFANT DEATHS...... 1,226 856 284 46 3 6 1 1 2 26 INF. MORT. RATE.... 177.0 210.5 123.8 150.0 168.2 94.7 41.4 51.1 186.7 221.4 1,000-1,249 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 8,193 1,797 4,380 1,409 94 210 56 46 55 146 INFANT DEATHS...... 650 215 261 124 9 21 4 5 1 9 INF. MORT. RATE.... 79.3 119.7 59.6 87.9 97.5 102.1 72.9 111.7 18.4 63.8 1,250-1,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 9,648 481 4,861 3,179 282 447 90 58 96 154 INFANT DEATHS...... 536 44 233 165 22 48 7 1 6 9 INF. MORT. RATE.... 55.6 91.4 47.9 52.0 79.5 107.3 81.6 18.9 64.6 61.4 1,500-1,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 38,486 570 7,175 20,320 3,241 5,001 677 400 584 518 INFANT DEATHS...... 1,171 51 235 501 89 202 28 24 17 24 INF. MORT. RATE.... 30.4 88.9 32.8 24.7 27.5 40.3 41.0 59.0 29.6 46.0 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE. - 4 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 3 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND GESTATIONAL AGE: UNITED STATES, 1996 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | GESTATION | _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BIRTH WEIGHT | | | | | | | | | | | | <28 | 28-31 | 32-35 | 36 | 37-39 | 40 | 41 | 42 WEEKS | NOT | TOTAL | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | OR MORE | STATED | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WHITE 2,000-2,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 123,923 418 2,435 39,815 19,009 45,901 7,366 3,565 4,134 1,280 INFANT DEATHS...... 1,650 18 84 530 200 550 92 75 74 28 INF. MORT. RATE.... 13.3 41.9 34.4 13.3 10.5 12.0 12.4 21.0 18.0 21.9 2,500-2,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 459,079 627 2,445 35,316 41,081 249,748 66,377 31,531 27,453 4,501 INFANT DEATHS...... 2,268 13 36 286 263 1,049 275 170 148 28 INF. MORT. RATE.... 4.9 21.1 14.7 8.1 6.4 4.2 4.1 5.4 5.4 6.2 3,000-3,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 1,127,613 - 3,160 25,167 33,432 565,894 260,416 134,359 94,728 10,457 INFANT DEATHS...... 2,818 - 22 125 113 1,356 550 324 285 42 INF. MORT. RATE.... 2.5 - 6.8 5.0 3.4 2.4 2.1 2.4 3.0 4.0 3,500-3,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 956,468 - 1,770 12,099 12,772 390,328 270,334 161,256 99,553 8,356 INFANT DEATHS...... 1,626 - 7 46 47 628 434 232 204 29 INF. MORT. RATE.... 1.7 - 4.1 3.8 3.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 2.0 3.4 4,000-4,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 297,023 - - 2,949 2,860 99,483 89,582 62,715 36,668 2,766 INFANT DEATHS...... 459 - - 10 11 151 109 92 79 7 INF. MORT. RATE.... 1.5 - - 3.5 3.9 1.5 1.2 1.5 2.1 2.6 4,500-4,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 49,516 - - 425 519 15,187 14,462 11,577 6,885 461 INFANT DEATHS...... 90 - - 3 3 27 23 25 9 - INF. MORT. RATE.... 1.8 - - 7.3 5.9 1.7 1.6 2.1 1.3 - 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE LIVE BIRTHS........ 5,417 - - 56 66 1,748 1,463 1,236 784 64 INFANT DEATHS...... 32 - - - 2 9 8 3 5 4 INF. MORT. RATE.... 5.8 - - - 31.1 5.2 5.6 2.5 6.4 65.7 NOT STATED LIVE BIRTHS........ 1,498 - - - - - - - - 1,498 INFANT DEATHS...... 184 - - - - - - - - 184 INF. MORT. RATE.... 122.9 - - - - - - - - 122.9 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE. - 5 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 3 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND GESTATIONAL AGE: UNITED STATES, 1996 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | GESTATION | _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BIRTH WEIGHT | | | | | | | | | | | | <28 | 28-31 | 32-35 | 36 | 37-39 | 40 | 41 | 42 WEEKS | NOT | TOTAL | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | OR MORE | STATED | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BLACK TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS........ 594,781 10,596 13,766 48,020 30,157 263,430 113,934 61,070 48,351 5,457 INFANT DEATHS...... 8,406 4,360 618 638 247 1,290 449 283 259 262 INF. MORT. RATE.... 14.1 411.5 44.9 13.3 8.2 4.9 3.9 4.6 5.4 48.0 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 77,556 10,164 10,021 22,881 7,719 18,988 3,283 1,617 1,981 902 INFANT DEATHS...... 6,105 4,353 588 486 126 286 62 47 49 109 INF. MORT. RATE.... 78.7 428.3 58.6 21.2 16.4 15.0 18.8 29.1 24.7 120.5 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 2,403 2,268 69 11 - - - - 2 53 INFANT DEATHS...... 2,129 2,029 48 8 - - - - 2 41 INF. MORT. RATE.... 885.8 894.8 698.9 739.4 - - - - 1020.4 771.7 500-749 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 3,950 3,452 377 47 2 9 1 1 2 59 INFANT DEATHS...... 1,919 1,754 106 22 1 3 1 1 1 30 INF. MORT. RATE.... 485.9 508.1 280.3 477.2 528.6 335.0 1007.3 1052.6 500.0 512.6 750-999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 3,672 2,378 1,065 138 9 27 7 5 4 39 INFANT DEATHS...... 535 409 95 14 2 5 2 - - 7 INF. MORT. RATE.... 145.7 172.0 89.5 103.3 223.9 191.1 294.2 - - 189.8 1,000-1,249 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 3,783 943 2,014 539 45 112 28 16 34 52 INFANT DEATHS...... 271 90 128 35 2 7 1 2 1 5 INF. MORT. RATE.... 71.7 95.0 63.5 65.8 45.2 63.7 35.9 126.8 30.5 98.0 1,250-1,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 4,197 358 2,092 1,250 99 203 50 29 55 61 INFANT DEATHS...... 195 30 86 55 7 5 2 4 1 4 INF. MORT. RATE.... 46.4 83.1 41.3 43.9 72.3 25.2 41.3 143.0 19.0 68.5 1,500-1,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 14,960 435 2,896 7,648 1,219 1,877 298 159 236 192 INFANT DEATHS...... 440 32 92 168 37 68 14 8 10 11 INF. MORT. RATE.... 29.4 72.9 31.6 22.0 30.1 36.4 47.6 51.8 43.2 55.2 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE. - 6 - DOCUMENTATION TABLE 3 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND GESTATIONAL AGE: UNITED STATES, 1996 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | GESTATION | _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BIRTH WEIGHT | | | | | | | | | | | | <28 | 28-31 | 32-35 | 36 | 37-39 | 40 | 41 | 42 WEEKS | NOT | TOTAL | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | WEEKS | OR MORE | STATED | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BLACK 2,000-2,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 44,591 330 1,508 13,248 6,345 16,760 2,899 1,407 1,648 446 INFANT DEATHS...... 616 10 33 182 77 197 41 32 34 10 INF. MORT. RATE.... 13.8 30.6 21.6 13.8 12.2 11.7 14.3 22.5 20.4 23.1 2,500-2,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 138,732 432 1,636 12,099 11,181 73,564 20,314 9,189 9,042 1,275 INFANT DEATHS...... 832 7 17 89 70 405 100 68 64 11 INF. MORT. RATE.... 6.0 16.4 10.6 7.3 6.3 5.5 4.9 7.4 7.1 8.9 3,000-3,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 224,489 - 1,538 8,960 7,855 109,790 49,473 25,096 20,093 1,684 INFANT DEATHS...... 822 - 8 45 40 377 171 93 77 10 INF. MORT. RATE.... 3.7 - 5.3 5.0 5.0 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.8 6.0 3,500-3,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 121,602 - 571 3,351 2,776 49,692 32,189 18,955 13,219 849 INFANT DEATHS...... 416 - 5 14 10 174 95 58 55 5 INF. MORT. RATE.... 3.4 - 8.9 4.2 3.6 3.5 2.9 3.1 4.1 6.0 4,000-4,499 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 27,219 - - 612 531 9,668 7,493 5,315 3,374 226 INFANT DEATHS...... 88 - - 4 1 40 18 12 12 1 INF. MORT. RATE.... 3.2 - - 6.6 2.0 4.1 2.4 2.3 3.6 4.8 4,500-4,999 GRAMS LIVE BIRTHS........ 4,142 - - 100 85 1,494 1,051 800 573 39 INFANT DEATHS...... 14 - - 1 - 6 3 3 - 1 INF. MORT. RATE.... 3.4 - - 10.0 - 4.1 2.9 3.8 - 25.6 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE LIVE BIRTHS........ 565 - - 17 10 234 131 98 69 6 INFANT DEATHS...... 4 - - - - 1 - 1 2 - INF. MORT. RATE.... 7.2 - - - - 4.4 - 10.4 29.0 - NOT STATED LIVE BIRTHS........ 476 - - - - - - - - 476 INFANT DEATHS...... 125 - - - - - - - - 125 INF. MORT. RATE.... 262.0 - - - - - - - - 262.0 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK _ - DATA NOT AVAILABLE.