Table 6_1_3-9

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 6_1_3.9
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birth weight less than 1,500 grams, by State, 2003 and 2005
State	2005			2003
State	Number^a	Rate	SE	Number^a	Rate	SE
United States	15,439	245.0	2.2	15,247	252.0	2.3
Alabama	315	241.6	15.2	268	219.9	14.8
Alaska	21	207.9	49.9	22	228.3	53.9
Arizona	325	287.4	18.1	279	273.6	18.5
Arkansas	143	220.4	20.3	156	252.9	22.7
California	1,567	230.3	6.5	1,443	227.7	6.6
Colorado	257	281.2	19.9	249	270.7	19.3
Connecticut	164	241.2	21.0	148	233.6	21.3
Delaware	78	315.9	41.0	64	272.3	38.4
District of Columbia	69	320.9	44.4	43	251.9	42.9
Florida	943	257.5	9.4	879	264.3	10.0
Georgia	643	244.1	10.7	674	278.6	12.1
Hawaii	62	253.5	35.9	76	289.0	37.6
Idaho	62	243.6	34.5	59	257.8	37.6
Illinois	763	260.2	10.6	814	274.9	10.9
Indiana	375	277.7	16.2	336	268.7	16.5
Iowa	111	208.0	21.7	93	208.1	23.7
Kansas	145	272.1	25.5	120	266.7	27.4
Kentucky	176	191.3	15.7	166	189.5	16.0
Louisiana	307	221.3	14.0	335	234.6	14.2
Maine	57	311.5	47.3	40	247.0	43.6
Maryland	355	249.4	14.8	397	282.1	16.0
Massachusetts	234	214.3	15.4	250	225.8	15.8
Michigan	617	290.4	13.3	683	308.7	13.5
Minnesota	170	191.7	16.0	140	182.3	16.8
Mississippi	259	262.0	18.3	232	240.8	17.6
Missouri	302	252.1	16.2	328	264.0	16.4
Montana	30	263.2	54.0	28	227.5	47.7
Nebraska	60	192.3	27.1	68	215.9	28.9
Nevada	91	191.5	21.9	92	211.0	24.2
New Hampshire	40	217.4	37.9	29	176.6	35.6
New Jersey	362	204.6	11.8	420	225.2	12.2
New Mexico	79	217.9	27.0	73	218.7	28.3
New York	849	225.3	8.6	940	241.3	8.8
North Carolina	649	281.9	12.5	562	264.6	12.6
North Dakota	25	250.0	55.9	33	366.7	74.6
Ohio	652	266.1	11.7	625	261.3	11.7
Oklahoma	188	254.7	20.8	146	234.7	21.6
Oregon	134	282.7	27.6	117	247.9	25.6
Pennsylvania	618	259.9	11.7	645	270.9	12.0
Rhode Island	52	261.3	40.7	59	245.5	35.7
South Carolina	317	264.7	16.7	296	254.1	16.5
South Dakota	41	309.2	55.2	27	221.3	47.1
Tennessee	340	225.4	13.5	384	287.5	16.6
Texas	1,285	226.8	7.0	1,270	238.5	7.4
Utah	103	194.1	20.9	124	231.5	23.1
Vermont	18.0	*	*	21	280.1	69.2
Virginia	458	260.2	13.7	444	272.0	14.6
Washington	176	228.3	19.1	202	247.9	19.5
West Virginia	73	215.0	27.7	71	246.7	32.7
Wisconsin	254	274.0	19.4	257	280.1	19.8
Wyoming	22	253.2	60.4	*	*	*

^a The number of deaths for infant mortality is based on a record weight from the linked birth and infant death file that adjusts for the approximately 2–3% of records each year that cannot be linked to their corresponding birth certificates. Therefore, because of number rounding, the number of deaths for subgroups may not add to the total.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (based on < 20 deaths).

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_3-9: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_1_3-9.html