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DOCUMENTATION TABLE 2

LIVE BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY RACE OF MOTHER, SEX AND BIRTH WEIGHT OF CHILD:

UNITED STATES, 1998 PERIOD DATA
(INFANT DEATHS WEIGHTED)
(RATES ARE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS)

RACE OF MOTHER AND SEX	TOTAL	<500 GRAMS	500-749 GRAMS	750-999 GRAMS	1000-1249 GRAMS	1250-1499 GRAMS	1500-1999 GRAMS	2000-2499 GRAMS	2500 GRAMS OR MORE	NOT STATED
ALL RACES 1/
BOTH SEXES
LIVE BIRTHS	3,941,553	6,349	11,041	11,716	13,238	15,389	59,014	182,462	3,640,324	2,020
INFANT  DEATHS	28,325	5,512	5,362	1,844	946	769	1,693	2,284	9,551	364
INF.MORT.RATE	7.2	868.2	485.7	157.4	71.5	50.0	28.7	12.5	2.6	180.0
MALE
LIVE BIRTHS	2,016,205	3,175	5,528	6,129	6,828	7,745	28,797	83,593	1,873,365	1,045
INFANT DEATHS	15,738	2,788	3,061	1,174	556	414	849	1,202	5,465	228
INF.MORT.RATE	7.8	878.2	553.7	191.6	81.4	53.5	29.5	14.4	2.9	218.2
FEMALE
LIVE BIRTHS	1,925,348	3,174	5,513	5,587	6,410	7,644	30,217	98,869	1,766,959	975
INFANT DEATHS	12,588	2,724	2,301	670	390	355	844	1,082	4,086	136
INF.MORT.RATE.	6.5	858.2	417.4	119.9	60.9	46.4	27.9	10.9	2.3	139.0
WHITE
BOTH SEXES
LIVE BIRTHS	3,118,727	3,502	6,510	7,360	8,670	10,252	40,802	126,790	2,913,643	1,198
INFANT DEATHS	18,575	3,062	3,265	1,220	621	520	1,153	1,597	6,934	204
INF.MORT.RATE	6.0	874.5	501.6	165.7	71.6	50.7	28.3	12.6	2.4	170.2
MALE
LIVE BIRTHS	1,596,704	1,723	3,280	3,891	4,555	5,262	20,136	58,313	1,498,930	614
INFANT DEATHS	10,326	1,513	1,865	768	361	284	583	820	4,006	126
INF.MORT.RATE	6.5	878.3	568.7	197.4	79.3	53.9	28.9	14.1	2.7	205.0
FEMALE
LIVE BIRTHS	1,522,023	1,779	3,230	3,469	4,115	4,990	20,666	68,477	1,414,713	584
INFANT DEATHS	8,249	1,549	1,400	452	260	236	570	777	2,928	78
INF.MORT.RATE	5.4	870.7	433.5	130.2	63.1	47.3	27.6	11.3	2.1	133.6
BLACK
BOTH SEXES
LIVE BIRTHS	609,902	2,583	4,127	3,861	4,017	4,432	15,383	45,369	529,816	314
INFANT DEATHS	8,418	2,223	1,894	535	284	217	446	572	2,121	126
INF.MORT.RATE	13.8	860.5	458.9	138.6	70.8	48.9	29.0	12.6	4.0	401.3
MALE
LIVE BIRTHS	310,107	1,319	2,038	1,972	1,981	2,113	7,179	20,454	272,885	166
INFANT DEATHS	4,679	1,162	1,073	349	168	115	222	318	1,190	83
INF.MORT.RATE	15.1	880.7	526.6	177.0	84.8	54.6	30.9	15.5	4.4	497.8
FEMALE
LIVE BIRTHS	299,795	1,264	2,089	1,889	2,036	2,319	8,204	24,915	256,931	148
INFANT DEATHS	3,740	1,061	821	186	117	101	225	254	931	43
INF.MORT.RATE	12.5	839.3	393.0	98.6	57.3	43.7	27.4	10.2	3.6	293.1

  1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK

This page last reviewed: Wednesday, October 22, 2008

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