Child Health USA 2002
Text: Maternal and Child Health
STATE-SPECIFIC DATA

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INFANT AND NEONATAL MORTALITY RATES, BY RACE OF MOTHER AND STATE: 1999
Source (IV.5): National Center for Health Statistics

 

 

Infant Mortality1

 

Neonatal Mortality2


State

 


All**


White


Black

 


All**


White


Black

United States

7.1

5.8

14.6

4.7

3.9

9.8

Alabama

 

9.8

6.9

16.0

6.2

4.2

10.4

Alaska

 

5.7

4.7

*

2.6

*

*

Arizona

 

6.8

6.2

19.1

4.5

4.2

11.4

Arkansas

 

8.0

7.0

12.0

4.6

4.2

6.0

California

 

5.4

5.0

12.9

3.6

3.4

7.9

Colorado

 

6.7

6.3

16.2

4.3

4.1

10.7

Connecticut

 

6.1

5.7

10.4

4.7

4.4

8.4

Deleware

 

7.4

3.9

18.0

5.2

2.6

13.1

DC

 

15.0

*

19.0

11.7

*

14.9

Florida

 

7.4

5.6

13.6

4.9

3.9

8.7

Georgia

 

8.2

5.4

13.8

5.5

3.5

9.5

Hawaii

 

7.0

*

*

4.9

*

*

Idaho

 

6.7

6.6

*

4.6

4.5

*

Illinois

 

8.5

6.3

18.4

5.9

4.4

12.6

Indiana

 

8.0

7.0

17.0

5.3

4.6

10.8

Iowa

 

5.7

5.3

20.6

3.4

3.2

*

Kansas

 

7.3

6.8

14.4

4.9

4.7

8.1

Kentucky

 

7.6

7.1

12.7

4.8

4.5

8.0

Louisiana

 

9.2

5.9

14.2

5.9

3.7

9.1

Maine

 

4.8

4.7

*

3.7

3.5

*

Maryland

 

8.4

5.1

14.6

5.8

3.4

10.4

Massachusetts

 

5.2

4.8

9.8

4.1

3.8

8.1

Michigan

 

8.1

6.0

17.9

5.5

4.0

12.4

Minnesota

 

6.2

5.4

15.4

4.0

3.5

9.7

Mississippi

 

10.1

6.8

14.2

6.2

4.1

8.8

Missouri

 

7.8

5.8

18.9

5.1

3.8

12.9

Montana

 

6.7

5.9

*

3.0

2.5

*

Nebraska

 

6.8

5.9

18.9

4.5

3.9

*

Nevada

 

6.6

6.1

13.2

3.9

3.7

*

New Hampshire

 

5.8

5.7

*

4.3

4.3

*

New Jersey

 

6.7

5.2

14.1

4.9

3.9

9.9

New Mexico

 

6.9

6.5

*

3.9

3.8

*

New York

 

6.4

5.5

10.6

4.5

3.9

7.2

North Carolina

 

9.1

6.9

15.5

6.7

5.1

11.5

North Dakota

 

6.8

5.8

*

4.3

3.9

*

Ohio

 

8.2

6.6

17.6

5.5

4.5

11.8

Oklahoma

 

8.5

8.

15.6

5.0

4.9

8.2

Oregon

 

5.8

5.7

*

4.2

4.2

*

Pennsylvania

 

7.3

5.8

16.8

5.1

4.1

11.6

Rhode Island

 

5.7

5.0

*

4.3

3.9

*

South Carolina

 

10.2

6.7

16.9

7.1

4.4

12.3

South Dakota

 

8.9

7.7

*

5.4

5.1

*

Tennessee

 

7.7

5.7

15.2

5.0

3.6

9.9

Texas

 

6.2

5.5

12.5

3.9

3.5

7.8

Utah

 

4.8

4.8

*

3.2

3.2

*

Vermont

 

5.8

5.9

*

3.4

3.4

*

Virginia

 

7.3

5.6

13.0

5.1

3.7

9.6

Washington

 

5.0

4.7

15.0

3.2

3.0

9.3

West Virginia

 

7.4

7.3

*

4.7

4.6

*

Wisconsin

 

6.7

5.8

16.0

4.3

3.7

10.0

Wyoming

 

6.9

6.8

*

4.1

3.8

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision
** Includes races other than white or black
1 Rates are deaths less one year per 1,000 live births in specified group.
2 Rates are deaths under 28 days per 1,000 live births in specified group.
    

 

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