DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1996 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 RACES1/ TOTAL (ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS).NUMBER 3,891,494 28,419 18,556 14,947 3,609 9,863 RATE 7.3 4.8 3.8 .9 2.5 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 288,181 18,126 14,682 12,480 2,201 3,444 RATE 62.9 50.9 43.3 7.6 11.9 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 5,813 5,168 5,079 4,948 131 88 RATE 889.0 873.8 851.2 22.6 15.2 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 10,358 5,307 4,707 3,919 788 600 RATE 512.3 454.4 378.4 76.0 57.9 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 11,020 1,842 1,421 998 423 421 RATE 167.1 129.0 90.5 38.4 38.2 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 12,491 964 720 533 187 244 RATE 77.1 57.6 42.7 14.9 19.5 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 14,469 763 518 396 123 245 RATE 52.7 35.8 27.3 8.5 16.9 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 56,033 1,696 1,055 828 227 641 RATE 30.3 18.8 14.8 4.1 11.4 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 177,997 2,387 1,182 859 323 1,205 RATE 13.4 6.6 4.8 1.8 6.8 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 639,450 3,254 1,265 797 469 1,988 RATE 5.1 2.0 1.2 .7 3.1 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 1,435,306 3,832 1,268 771 497 2,564 RATE 2.7 .9 .5 .3 1.8 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 1,127,827 2,152 739 416 323 1,413 RATE 1.9 .7 .4 .3 1.3 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 336,685 573 222 142 80 351 RATE 1.7 .7 .4 .2 1.0 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 55,583 113 50 33 17 63 RATE 2.0 .9 .6 .3 1.1 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.....NUMBER 6,270 39 19 14 5 19 RATE 6.2 3.1 2.3 .8 3.1 NOT STATED..............NUMBER 2,192 331 310 294 16 21 RATE 150.8 141.4 133.9 7.4 9.4 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK TAB496.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, 1996 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 3,093,057 18,774 12,260 9,798 2,462 6,513 RATE 6.1 4.0 3.2 .8 2.1 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 196,443 11,297 9,280 7,894 1,386 2,017 RATE 57.5 47.2 40.2 7.1 10.3 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 3,217 2,870 2,827 2,757 70 44 RATE 892.3 878.7 856.9 21.8 13.6 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 6,047 3,193 2,897 2,440 457 296 RATE 528.0 479.0 403.5 75.5 49.0 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 6,929 1,226 984 703 281 242 RATE 177.0 142.1 101.5 40.6 34.9 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 8,193 650 512 397 115 138 RATE 79.3 62.5 48.4 14.0 16.9 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 9,648 536 381 302 79 156 RATE 55.6 39.5 31.3 8.2 16.1 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 38,486 1,171 781 630 151 390 RATE 30.4 20.3 16.4 3.9 10.1 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 123,923 1,650 898 666 233 752 RATE 13.3 7.2 5.4 1.9 6.1 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 459,079 2,268 969 628 342 1,299 RATE 4.9 2.1 1.4 .7 2.8 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 1,127,613 2,818 995 612 382 1,823 RATE 2.5 .9 .5 .3 1.6 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 956,468 1,626 598 338 260 1,028 RATE 1.7 .6 .4 .3 1.1 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 297,023 459 189 124 65 270 RATE 1.5 .6 .4 .2 .9 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 49,516 90 39 27 12 51 RATE 1.8 .8 .5 .2 1.0 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.....NUMBER 5,417 32 16 11 5 15 RATE 5.8 3.0 2.1 .9 2.8 NOT STATED..............NUMBER 1,498 184 174 164 10 10 RATE 122.9 116.0 109.2 6.8 6.9 TAB496.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, 1996 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 594,781 8,406 5,562 4,549 1,012 2,844 RATE 14.1 9.4 7.6 1.7 4.8 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 77,556 6,105 4,828 4,098 730 1,277 RATE 78.7 62.3 52.8 9.4 16.5 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 2,403 2,129 2,086 2,034 52 43 RATE 885.8 868.1 846.6 21.5 17.7 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 3,950 1,919 1,631 1,325 306 288 RATE 485.9 413.0 335.5 77.5 72.9 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 3,672 535 373 248 125 162 RATE 145.7 101.5 67.6 33.9 44.3 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 3,783 271 177 111 66 94 RATE 71.7 46.8 29.4 17.3 24.9 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 4,197 195 112 71 41 82 RATE 46.4 26.8 16.9 9.9 19.6 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 14,960 440 221 154 67 219 RATE 29.4 14.8 10.3 4.5 14.6 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 44,591 616 228 154 74 388 RATE 13.8 5.1 3.4 1.7 8.7 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 138,732 832 247 136 111 585 RATE 6.0 1.8 1.0 .8 4.2 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 224,489 822 221 125 95 601 RATE 3.7 1.0 .6 .4 2.7 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 121,602 416 111 57 54 305 RATE 3.4 .9 .5 .4 2.5 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 27,219 88 28 14 13 61 RATE 3.2 1.0 .5 .5 2.2 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 4,142 14 8 4 4 6 RATE 3.4 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.....NUMBER 565 4 1 1 - 3 RATE 7.2 1.8 1.8 - 5.4 NOT STATED..............NUMBER 476 125 119 113 5 6 RATE 262.0 249.1 238.3 10.7 12.9 ______________________________________________________________________________ TAB496.TXT - Page 3