DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1997 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 3,880,894 27,968 18,507 14,827 3,680 9,461 RATE 7.2 4.8 3.8 .9 2.4 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 292,069 18,012 14,697 12,429 2,268 3,315 RATE 61.7 50.3 42.6 7.8 11.3 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 5,994 5,298 5,210 5,072 138 88 RATE 883.9 869.2 846.1 23.1 14.7 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 10,653 5,249 4,661 3,830 831 588 RATE 492.7 437.5 359.5 78.0 55.2 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 11,341 1,829 1,388 946 443 441 RATE 161.3 122.4 83.4 39.1 38.8 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 12,735 966 684 485 199 282 RATE 75.9 53.7 38.1 15.6 22.1 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 14,936 726 513 406 107 213 RATE 48.6 34.3 27.2 7.2 14.3 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 56,899 1,720 1,071 834 238 649 RATE 30.2 18.8 14.7 4.2 11.4 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 179,511 2,224 1,170 858 312 1,054 RATE 12.4 6.5 4.8 1.7 5.9 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 642,394 3,158 1,261 792 469 1,897 RATE 4.9 2.0 1.2 .7 3.0 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 1,435,825 3,685 1,274 703 571 2,411 RATE 2.6 .9 .5 .4 1.7 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 1,117,955 2,079 670 412 258 1,409 RATE 1.9 .6 .4 .2 1.3 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 331,020 564 220 136 84 344 RATE 1.7 .7 .4 .3 1.0 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 53,963 105 45 31 14 60 RATE 1.9 .8 .6 .3 1.1 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.....NUMBER 5,942 24 16 13 3 8 RATE 4.1 2.7 2.2 .5 1.4 NOT STATED..............NUMBER 1,726 341 324 312 12 17 RATE 197.6 187.5 180.5 7.1 10.0 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK TAB497.TXT - 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, 1997 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 3,072,640 18,578 12,250 9,673 2,576 6,328 RATE 6.0 4.0 3.1 .8 2.1 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 198,981 11,378 9,350 7,864 1,487 2,028 RATE 57.2 47.0 39.5 7.5 10.2 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 3,315 2,962 2,909 2,838 70 53 RATE 893.4 877.5 856.2 21.2 15.9 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 6,265 3,228 2,901 2,398 502 328 RATE 515.3 463.0 382.8 80.2 52.3 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 7,048 1,221 967 661 306 254 RATE 173.2 137.2 93.8 43.4 36.0 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 8,355 647 494 358 135 154 RATE 77.5 59.1 42.9 16.2 18.4 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 9,979 526 389 319 70 136 RATE 52.7 39.0 32.0 7.0 13.7 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 39,047 1,239 813 637 176 426 RATE 31.7 20.8 16.3 4.5 10.9 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 124,972 1,556 878 652 226 678 RATE 12.4 7.0 5.2 1.8 5.4 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 459,862 2,193 952 603 350 1,240 RATE 4.8 2.1 1.3 .8 2.7 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 1,123,860 2,652 1,000 561 439 1,652 RATE 2.4 .9 .5 .4 1.5 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 944,629 1,619 549 340 208 1,070 RATE 1.7 .6 .4 .2 1.1 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 291,289 455 182 111 70 273 RATE 1.6 .6 .4 .2 .9 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 47,812 87 39 25 13 49 RATE 1.8 .8 .5 .3 1.0 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.....NUMBER 5,130 13 9 7 2 4 RATE 2.6 1.8 1.4 .4 .8 NOT STATED..............NUMBER 1,077 180 169 161 7 11 RATE 166.9 156.5 149.9 6.6 10.4 TAB497.TXT - 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, 1997 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 599,913 8,210 5,536 4,596 940 2,673 RATE 13.7 9.2 7.7 1.6 4.5 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 78,207 5,930 4,796 4,114 682 1,134 RATE 75.8 61.3 52.6 8.7 14.5 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 2,484 2,174 2,139 2,077 62 34 RATE 875.1 861.2 836.3 24.9 13.9 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 3,990 1,823 1,581 1,288 293 242 RATE 456.8 396.1 322.7 73.4 60.7 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 3,831 538 371 252 120 167 RATE 140.6 96.9 65.7 31.2 43.6 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 3,831 277 163 105 58 114 RATE 72.2 42.6 27.5 15.1 29.7 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 4,296 167 97 64 32 70 RATE 38.8 22.6 15.0 7.5 16.3 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 15,163 404 212 162 51 192 RATE 26.6 14.0 10.7 3.3 12.6 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 44,612 548 233 166 67 315 RATE 12.3 5.2 3.7 1.5 7.1 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 139,692 816 254 156 98 562 RATE 5.8 1.8 1.1 .7 4.0 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 227,482 850 213 109 104 637 RATE 3.7 .9 .5 .5 2.8 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 122,133 356 88 50 39 268 RATE 2.9 .7 .4 .3 2.2 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 27,343 83 28 18 10 55 RATE 3.0 1.0 .7 .4 2.0 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 4,167 14 5 4 1 9 RATE 3.4 1.2 1.0 .2 2.2 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.....NUMBER 530 10 6 5 1 4 RATE 19.2 11.6 9.6 1.9 7.6 NOT STATED..............NUMBER 359 150 144 139 5 5 RATE 416.8 402.5 388.4 14.1 14.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ TAB497.TXT - Page 3