Table 6_1_3-12

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 6_1_3.12
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birth weight 2,500 grams or more, by State, 2003 and 2005
State	2005			2003
State	Number^a	Rate	SE	Number^a	Rate	SE
United States	8,741	2.3	0.0	8,603	2.3	0.0
Alabama	159	2.9	0.2	148	2.8	0.2
Alaska	30	3.1	0.6	35	3.7	0.6
Arizona	238	2.7	0.2	219	2.6	0.2
Arkansas	110	3.1	0.3	122	3.5	0.3
California	901	1.8	0.1	928	1.8	0.1
Colorado	120	1.9	0.2	123	2.0	0.2
Connecticut	49	1.3	0.2	61	1.5	0.2
Delaware	*	*	*	30	2.9	0.5
District of Columbia	27	3.8	0.7	21	3.1	0.7
Florida	464	2.2	0.1	466	2.4	0.1
Georgia	355	2.8	0.1	320	2.6	0.1
Hawaii	41	2.5	0.4	40	2.4	0.4
Idaho	55	2.5	0.3	62	3.0	0.4
Illinois	382	2.3	0.1	397	2.4	0.1
Indiana	221	2.8	0.2	225	2.8	0.2
Iowa	69	1.9	0.2	91	2.6	0.3
Kansas	112	3.0	0.3	98	2.7	0.3
Kentucky	149	2.9	0.2	164	3.3	0.3
Louisiana	196	3.6	0.3	177	3.0	0.2
Maine	29	2.2	0.4	20	1.5	0.3
Maryland	131	1.9	0.2	146	2.1	0.2
Massachusetts	110	1.5	0.1	87	1.2	0.1
Michigan	262	2.2	0.1	291	2.4	0.1
Minnesota	130	2.0	0.2	118	1.8	0.2
Mississippi	138	3.7	0.3	150	4.0	0.3
Missouri	187	2.6	0.2	176	2.5	0.2
Montana	41	3.8	0.6	39	3.7	0.6
Nebraska	59	2.4	0.3	54	2.2	0.3
Nevada	85	2.5	0.3	74	2.4	0.3
New Hampshire	22	1.6	0.3	23	1.7	0.4
New Jersey	150	1.4	0.1	145	1.4	0.1
New Mexico	68	2.6	0.3	59	2.3	0.3
New York	403	1.8	0.1	405	1.7	0.1
North Carolina	287	2.6	0.2	255	2.4	0.2
North Dakota	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ohio	388	2.9	0.1	373	2.7	0.1
Oklahoma	144	3.0	0.3	170	3.6	0.3
Oregon	105	2.4	0.2	102	2.4	0.2
Pennsylvania	278	2.1	0.1	277	2.1	0.1
Rhode Island	*	*	*	20	1.6	0.4
South Carolina	155	3.0	0.2	108	2.1	0.2
South Dakota	31	2.9	0.5	33	3.2	0.6
Tennessee	249	3.4	0.2	241	3.4	0.2
Texas	839	2.4	0.1	779	2.2	0.1
Utah	98	2.0	0.2	89	1.9	0.2
Vermont	*	*	*	*	*	*
Virginia	221	2.3	0.2	234	2.5	0.2
Washington	164	2.1	0.2	173	2.3	0.2
West Virginia	65	3.5	0.4	62	3.2	0.4
Wisconsin	139	2.1	0.2	137	2.1	0.2
Wyoming	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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_3-12: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_1_3-12.html