DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1995 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR. NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL, 0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ______________________________________________________________________________ ] ] ] TOTAL] EARLY ]LATE ] POST- BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF ]LIVE ] ] NEO- ] NEO- ]NEO- ] NEO- MOTHER ]BIRTHS ]INFANT] NATAL] NATAL ]NATAL] NATAL ______________________________________________________________________________ ALL RACES 1/ TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS).NUMBER 3,899,589 29,505 19,186 15,483 3,703 10,319 RATE 7.6 4.9 4.0 .9 2.6 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 285,976 18,471 14,948 12,764 2,184 3,523 RATE 64.6 52.3 44.6 7.6 12.3 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 5,703 5,155 5,068 4,947 121 87 RATE 903.9 888.7 867.5 21.2 15.2 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 9,998 5,280 4,674 3,940 734 606 RATE 528.1 467.5 394.0 73.5 60.6 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 10,816 1,970 1,516 1,097 419 453 RATE 182.1 140.2 101.4 38.8 41.9 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 12,242 1,047 744 567 178 303 RATE 85.5 60.8 46.3 14.5 24.7 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 14,267 779 559 441 118 220 RATE 54.6 39.1 30.9 8.2 15.4 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 55,342 1,835 1,164 897 267 672 RATE 33.2 21.0 16.2 4.8 12.1 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 177,608 2,406 1,222 875 347 1,183 RATE 13.5 6.9 4.9 2.0 6.7 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 640,891 3,484 1,419 912 507 2,064 RATE 5.4 2.2 1.4 .8 3.2 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 1,438,889 4,131 1,389 784 605 2,742 RATE 2.9 1.0 .5 .4 1.9 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 1,129,470 2,272 770 473 296 1,502 RATE 2.0 .7 .4 .3 1.3 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 339,910 618 241 160 82 376 RATE 1.8 .7 .5 .2 1.1 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 56,309 122 46 33 13 76 RATE 2.2 .8 .6 .2 1.3 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.......NUMBER 6,466 54 36 33 3 18 RATE 8.4 5.5 5.1 .5 2.8 NOT STATED................NUMBER 1,678 353 337 324 13 16 RATE 210.7 200.8 192.8 8.0 9.8 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK Tab495.doc - Page 1 DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1995 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR. NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL, 0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ______________________________________________________________________________ ] ] ] TOTAL] EARLY ]LATE ] POST- BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF ]LIVE ] ] NEO- ] NEO- ]NEO- ] NEO- MOTHER ]BIRTHS ]INFANT] NATAL] NATAL ]NATAL] NATAL ______________________________________________________________________________ WHITE TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS).NUMBER 3,098,885 19,529 12,700 10,101 2,599 6,829 RATE 6.3 4.1 3.3 .8 2.2 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 193,083 11,533 9,464 8,041 1,423 2,069 RATE 59.7 49.0 41.6 7.4 10.7 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 3,140 2,861 2,812 2,730 83 49 RATE 911.2 895.6 869.3 26.3 15.6 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 5,888 3,216 2,896 2,471 424 320 RATE 546.2 491.8 419.7 72.1 54.4 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 6,685 1,289 1,054 767 287 235 RATE 192.8 157.6 114.7 42.9 35.2 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 7,972 725 545 431 113 180 RATE 90.9 68.3 54.1 14.2 22.6 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 9,358 519 391 315 77 128 RATE 55.5 41.8 33.7 8.2 13.7 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 37,525 1,245 833 651 182 411 RATE 33.2 22.2 17.4 4.9 11.0 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 122,515 1,678 933 676 257 746 RATE 13.7 7.6 5.5 2.1 6.1 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 458,899 2,421 1,063 692 371 1,358 RATE 5.3 2.3 1.5 .8 3.0 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 1,130,307 3,003 1,097 622 474 1,906 RATE 2.7 1.0 .6 .4 1.7 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 958,758 1,748 628 387 241 1,120 RATE 1.8 .7 .4 .3 1.2 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 300,735 477 194 127 67 284 RATE 1.6 .6 .4 .2 .9 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 50,333 102 37 24 13 65 RATE 2.0 .7 .5 .3 1.3 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.......NUMBER 5,602 43 29 26 3 14 RATE 7.7 5.1 4.6 .6 2.6 NOT STATED................NUMBER 1,168 200 189 182 6 11 RATE 171.4 161.6 156.2 5.4 9.8 ______________________________________________________________________________ Tab495.doc - Page 2 DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1995 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (INFANT DEATHS ARE UNDER 1 YEAR. NEONATAL DEATHS ARE UNDER 28 DAYS; EARLY NEONATAL, 0-6 DAYS; LATE NEONATAL, 7-27 DAYS; AND POSTNEONATAL, 28 DAYS THROUGH 11 MONTHS) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ______________________________________________________________________________ ] ] ] TOTAL] EARLY ]LATE ] POST- BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF ]LIVE ] ] NEO- ] NEO- ]NEO- ] NEO- MOTHER ]BIRTHS ]INFANT] NATAL] NATAL ]NATAL] NATAL ______________________________________________________________________________ BLACK TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS).NUMBER 603,139 8,793 5,798 4,822 976 2,994 RATE 14.6 9.6 8.0 1.6 5.0 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 79,335 6,282 4,989 4,293 696 1,293 RATE 79.2 62.9 54.1 8.8 16.3 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 2,421 2,166 2,131 2,093 37 36 RATE 894.8 880.1 864.6 15.5 14.7 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 3,800 1,897 1,637 1,345 293 260 RATE 499.3 430.9 353.9 77.0 68.4 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 3,748 611 412 294 118 199 RATE 163.0 109.9 78.4 31.5 53.2 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 3,801 283 173 115 58 110 RATE 74.4 45.4 30.1 15.2 29.1 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 4,323 210 130 93 37 80 RATE 48.5 30.0 21.5 8.5 18.5 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 15,384 498 266 193 73 232 RATE 32.3 17.3 12.5 4.7 15.1 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 45,858 617 241 161 80 376 RATE 13.4 5.3 3.5 1.7 8.2 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 141,444 880 285 172 113 595 RATE 6.2 2.0 1.2 .8 4.2 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 228,037 934 227 124 104 706 RATE 4.1 1.0 .5 .5 3.1 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 122,168 425 112 68 45 313 RATE 3.5 .9 .6 .4 2.6 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 27,133 118 42 29 13 76 RATE 4.4 1.5 1.1 .5 2.8 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 4,038 9 6 6 - 3 RATE 2.3 1.5 1.5 - .7 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.......NUMBER 600 9 5 5 - 4 RATE 15.2 8.5 8.5 - 6.7 NOT STATED................NUMBER 384 136 132 126 5 4 RATE 353.0 342.5 329.2 13.3 10.5 ______________________________________________________________________________ Tab495.doc - Page 3