2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, Data Tables. Table 1.63e

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Table 1.63e
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, by State, 1998 and 2002

	2002			1998
State	Number	Rate	Standard error	Number	Rate	Standard error
United States	27,970	7.0	0.0	28,325	7.2	0.0
Alabama	538	9.1	0.4	627	10.1	0.4
Alaska	56	5.6	0.8	59	5.9	0.8
Arizona	564	6.4	0.3	588	7.5	0.3
Arkansas	313	8.4	0.5	329	8.9	0.5
California	2,873	5.4	0.1	2,994	5.7	0.1
Colorado	409	6.0	0.3	402	6.7	0.3
Connecticut	273	6.5	0.4	306	7.0	0.4
Delaware	95	8.6	0.9	100	9.5	1.0
District of Columbia	85	11.0	1.2	96	12.5	1.2
Florida	1,547	7.5	0.2	1,423	7.3	0.2
Georgia	1,195	9.0	0.3	1,027	8.4	0.3
Hawaii	130	7.4	0.7	121	6.9	0.6
Idaho	127	6.1	0.5	139	7.2	0.6
Illinois	1,334	7.4	0.2	1,538	8.4	0.2
Indiana	660	7.8	0.3	643	7.6	0.3
Iowa	200	5.3	0.4	242	6.5	0.4
Kansas	282	7.2	0.4	271	7.1	0.4
Kentucky	389	7.2	0.4	410	7.5	0.4
Louisiana	668	10.0	0.4	609	9.1	0.4
Maine	58	4.3	0.6	90	6.6	0.7
Maryland	555	7.6	0.3	616	8.6	0.3
Massachusetts	391	4.8	0.2	423	5.2	0.3
Michigan	1,056	8.1	0.3	1,097	8.2	0.2
Minnesota	363	5.3	0.3	385	5.9	0.3
Mississippi	423	10.0	0.5	434	10.1	0.5
Missouri	638	8.5	0.3	580	7.7	0.3
Montana	83	7.5	0.8	83	7.7	0.8
Nebraska	178	7.0	0.5	172	7.3	0.6
Nevada	198	6.1	0.4	205	7.1	0.5
New Hampshire	72	5.0	0.6	63	4.4	0.6
New Jersey	656	5.7	0.2	731	6.4	0.2
New Mexico	170	6.1	0.5	197	7.2	0.5
New York	1,508	6.0	0.2	1,612	6.2	0.2
North Carolina	955	8.1	0.3	1,036	9.3	0.3
North Dakota	49	6.3	0.9	70	8.8	1.1
Ohio	1,181	7.9	0.2	1,212	7.9	0.2
Oklahoma	415	8.2	0.4	419	8.5	0.4
Oregon	258	5.7	0.4	244	5.4	0.3
Pennsylvania	1,088	7.6	0.2	1,041	7.1	0.2
Rhode Island	91	7.1	0.7	91	7.2	0.8
South Carolina	508	9.3	0.4	514	9.5	0.4
South Dakota	72	6.7	0.8	95	9.2	0.9
Tennessee	721	9.3	0.3	633	8.2	0.3
Texas	2,353	6.3	0.1	2,179	6.4	0.1
Utah	273	5.6	0.3	257	5.7	0.4
Vermont	28	4.4	0.8	45	6.8	1.0
Virginia	737	7.4	0.3	719	7.6	0.3
Washington	455	5.8	0.3	456	5.7	0.3
West Virginia	185	8.9	0.7	166	8.0	0.6
Wisconsin	468	6.8	0.3	489	7.2	0.3
Wyoming	44	6.7	1.0	46	7.4	1.1

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Linked Birth and Infant Death Data.

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