DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY RACE OF MOTHER, SEX AND BIRTH WEIGHT OF CHILD: UNITED STATES, 1997 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | RACE OF MOTHER AND | | <500 | 500-749 | 750-999 |1000-1249 SEX | TOTAL | GRAMS | GRAMS | GRAMS | GRAMS ______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________ ALL RACES 1/ BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 3,880,894 5,994 10,653 11,341 12,735 INFANT DEATHS... 27,968 5,298 5,249 1,829 966 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.2 883.9 492.7 161.3 75.9 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,985,596 3,064 5,412 5,899 6,553 INFANT DEATHS... 15,729 2,738 3,021 1,120 565 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.9 893.7 558.2 189.9 86.2 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,895,298 2,930 5,241 5,442 6,182 INFANT DEATHS... 12,239 2,560 2,228 709 401 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.5 873.8 425.0 130.3 64.9 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 3,072,640 3,315 6,265 7,048 8,355 INFANT DEATHS... 18,578 2,962 3,228 1,221 647 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.0 893.4 515.3 173.2 77.5 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,573,622 1,702 3,228 3,665 4,336 INFANT DEATHS... 10,519 1,535 1,861 742 379 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.7 902.0 576.6 202.3 87.5 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,499,018 1,613 3,037 3,383 4,019 INFANT DEATHS... 8,059 1,426 1,367 479 268 INF.MORT.RATE... 5.4 884.3 450.1 141.7 66.6 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 599,913 2,484 3,990 3,831 3,831 INFANT DEATHS... 8,210 2,174 1,823 538 277 INF.MORT.RATE... 13.7 875.1 456.8 140.6 72.2 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 304,530 1,255 1,989 1,975 1,923 INFANT DEATHS... 4,543 1,108 1,053 333 160 INF.MORT.RATE... 14.9 882.6 529.4 168.8 83.0 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 295,383 1,229 2,001 1,856 1,908 INFANT DEATHS... 3,667 1,066 770 205 117 INF.MORT.RATE... 12.4 867.4 384.7 110.5 61.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK TAB297.TXT - Page 1 DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY RACE OF MOTHER, SEX AND BIRTH WEIGHT OF CHILD: UNITED STATES, 1997 PERIOD DATA (INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED) (RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | RACE OF MOTHER AND | |1250-1499|1500-1999|2000-2499|2500 GRAMS| NOT SEX | TOTAL | GRAMS | GRAMS | GRAMS | OR MORE |STATED ____________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|______ ALL RACES 1/ BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 3,880,894 14,936 56,899 179,511 3,587,099 1,726 INFANT DEATHS... 27,968 726 1,720 2,224 9,615 341 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.2 48.6 30.2 12.4 2.7 197.6 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,985,596 7,657 27,768 82,517 1,845,789 937 INFANT DEATHS... 15,729 395 883 1,162 5,650 195 INF.MORT.RATE... 7.9 51.5 31.8 14.1 3.1 208.5 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,895,298 7,279 29,131 96,994 1,741,310 789 INFANT DEATHS... 12,239 331 837 1,062 3,964 146 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.5 45.5 28.7 11.0 2.3 184.6 WHITE BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 3,072,640 9,979 39,047 124,972 2,872,582 1,077 INFANT DEATHS... 18,578 526 1,239 1,556 7,020 180 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.0 52.7 31.7 12.4 2.4 166.9 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,573,622 5,140 19,193 57,854 1,477,916 588 INFANT DEATHS... 10,519 283 639 809 4,164 107 INF.MORT.RATE... 6.7 55.1 33.3 14.0 2.8 182.1 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 1,499,018 4,839 19,854 67,118 1,394,666 489 INFANT DEATHS... 8,059 242 600 747 2,856 73 INF.MORT.RATE... 5.4 50.1 30.2 11.1 2.0 148.6 BLACK BOTH SEXES LIVE BIRTHS..... 599,913 4,296 15,163 44,612 521,347 359 INFANT DEATHS... 8,210 167 404 548 2,130 150 INF.MORT.RATE... 13.7 38.8 26.6 12.3 4.1 416.8 MALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 304,530 2,178 7,190 19,967 267,864 189 INFANT DEATHS... 4,543 89 205 286 1,229 80 INF.MORT.RATE... 14.9 41.0 28.5 14.3 4.6 421.8 FEMALE LIVE BIRTHS..... 295,383 2,118 7,973 24,645 253,483 170 INFANT DEATHS... 3,667 77 199 262 901 70 INF.MORT.RATE... 12.4 36.5 24.9 10.6 3.6 411.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK TAB297.TXT - Page 2