DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4 LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH WEIGHT, RACE OF MOTHER, AND AGE AT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1998 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 3,941,553 28,325 18,915 15,061 3,853 9,410 RATE 7.2 4.8 3.8 1.0 2.4 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 299,209 18,410 15,114 12,643 2,471 3,296 RATE 61.5 50.5 42.3 8.3 11.0 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 6,349 5,512 5,420 5,259 162 92 RATE 868.2 853.7 828.2 25.4 14.5 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 11,041 5,362 4,693 3,824 869 669 RATE 485.7 425.1 346.3 78.7 60.6 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 11,716 1,844 1,433 970 464 411 RATE 157.4 122.3 82.8 39.6 35.1 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 13,238 946 694 500 194 252 RATE 71.5 52.4 37.8 14.7 19.0 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 15,389 769 549 406 143 220 RATE 50.0 35.7 26.4 9.3 14.3 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 59,014 1,693 1,097 824 273 596 RATE 28.7 18.6 14.0 4.6 10.1 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 182,462 2,284 1,227 860 366 1,057 RATE 12.5 6.7 4.7 2.0 5.8 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 650,006 3,151 1,196 719 477 1,954 RATE 4.8 1.8 1.1 .7 3.0 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 1,458,017 3,711 1,269 735 534 2,442 RATE 2.5 .9 .5 .4 1.7 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 1,136,056 2,008 683 418 265 1,325 RATE 1.8 .6 .4 .2 1.2 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 335,215 550 218 132 86 332 RATE 1.6 .6 .4 .3 1.0 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 54,827 106 62 53 9 44 RATE 1.9 1.1 1.0 .2 .8 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.......NUMBER 6,203 27 20 17 3 6 RATE 4.3 3.3 2.8 .5 1.0 NOT STATED................NUMBER 2,020 364 352 343 9 11 RATE 180.0 174.5 170.0 4.5 5.5 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK TAB498.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, 1998 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 3,118,727 18,575 12,338 9,727 2,611 6,238 RATE 6.0 4.0 3.1 .8 2.0 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 203,886 11,438 9,501 7,925 1,576 1,937 RATE 56.1 46.6 38.9 7.7 9.5 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 3,502 3,062 3,015 2,922 93 48 RATE 874.5 860.8 834.3 26.5 13.6 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 6,510 3,265 2,905 2,406 498 361 RATE 501.6 446.2 369.6 76.5 55.4 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 7,360 1,220 990 671 319 230 RATE 165.7 134.5 91.2 43.4 31.2 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 8,670 621 485 354 131 136 RATE 71.6 56.0 40.8 15.2 15.7 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 10,252 520 385 296 89 135 RATE 50.7 37.6 28.9 8.7 13.1 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 40,802 1,153 799 618 181 354 RATE 28.3 19.6 15.1 4.4 8.7 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 126,790 1,597 922 658 264 674 RATE 12.6 7.3 5.2 2.1 5.3 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 465,494 2,162 869 542 327 1,294 RATE 4.6 1.9 1.2 .7 2.8 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 1,140,741 2,691 971 569 402 1,721 RATE 2.4 .9 .5 .4 1.5 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 958,968 1,546 560 343 218 986 RATE 1.6 .6 .4 .2 1.0 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 294,403 436 182 108 74 253 RATE 1.5 .6 .4 .3 .9 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 48,687 77 45 38 7 32 RATE 1.6 .9 .8 .1 .7 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.......NUMBER 5,350 21 15 12 3 6 RATE 4.0 2.9 2.3 .6 1.1 NOT STATED................NUMBER 1,198 204 195 191 4 9 RATE 170.2 162.6 159.2 3.4 7.6 TAB498.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, 1998 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 609,902 8,418 5,708 4,646 1,062 2,710 RATE 13.8 9.4 7.6 1.7 4.4 LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 79,772 6,171 4,959 4,163 796 1,212 RATE 77.4 62.2 52.2 10.0 15.2 LESS THAN 500 GRAMS.....NUMBER 2,583 2,223 2,184 2,120 65 38 RATE 860.5 845.6 820.6 25.0 14.9 500-749 GRAMS...........NUMBER 4,127 1,894 1,611 1,271 340 283 RATE 458.9 390.4 307.9 82.5 68.5 750-999 GRAMS...........NUMBER 3,861 535 372 249 123 163 RATE 138.6 96.4 64.5 31.9 42.2 1,000-1,249 GRAMS.......NUMBER 4,017 284 174 119 55 110 RATE 70.8 43.4 29.6 13.8 27.4 1,250-1,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 4,432 217 141 91 49 76 RATE 48.9 31.7 20.6 11.2 17.1 1,500-1,999 GRAMS.......NUMBER 15,383 446 234 156 78 212 RATE 29.0 15.2 10.1 5.1 13.8 2,000-2,499 GRAMS.......NUMBER 45,369 572 243 158 85 329 RATE 12.6 5.4 3.5 1.9 7.2 2,500-2,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 141,146 815 250 141 109 565 RATE 5.8 1.8 1.0 .8 4.0 3,000-3,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 230,937 824 235 124 111 589 RATE 3.6 1.0 .5 .5 2.6 3,500-3,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 125,007 371 94 58 36 277 RATE 3.0 .8 .5 .3 2.2 4,000-4,499 GRAMS.........NUMBER 27,972 83 25 17 8 58 RATE 3.0 .9 .6 .3 2.1 4,500-4,999 GRAMS.........NUMBER 4,170 22 14 13 1 8 RATE 5.3 3.4 3.2 .2 1.9 5,000 GRAMS OR MORE.......NUMBER 584 5 5 5 - - RATE 8.8 8.8 8.8 - - NOT STATED................NUMBER 314 126 125 125 - 1 RATE 401.3 398.1 398.1 - 3.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ TAB498.TXT - Page 3