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DOCUMENTATION TABLE 5

LIVE BIRTHS BY BIRTH WEIGHT AND RACE OF MOTHER AND INFANT DEATHS AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY AGE AT DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER FOR 10 MAJOR CAUSES OF INFANT DEATH: UNITED STATES, 1998 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)

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
ALL RACES 1/, ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	3,941,553	28,325	18,915	15,061	3,853	9,410
RATE..		718.6	479.9	382.1	97.8	238.8
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		6,241	4,532	3,459	1,073	1,709
RATE..		158.3	115.0	87.8	27.2	43.4
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		4,093	4,042	3,955	87	52
RATE..		103.9	102.5	100.3	2.2	1.3
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		2,827	183	24	159	2,644
RATE..		71.7	4.7	.6	4.0	67.1
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		1,306	1,220	957	263	86
RATE..		33.1	30.9	24.3	6.7	2.2
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		1,347	1,341	1,323	18	6
RATE..		34.2	34.0	33.6	.5	.2
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		951	939	909	30	12
RATE..		24.1	23.8	23.1	.8	.3
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		745	83	41	42	662
RATE..		18.9	2.1	1.0	1.1	16.8
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		818	772	345	427	47
RATE..		20.8	19.6	8.7	10.8	1.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		440	90	25	65	351
RATE..		11.2	2.3	.6	1.6	8.9
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		456	419	350	69	38
RATE..		11.6	10.6	8.9	1.7	1.0
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		9,101	5,295	3,674	1,621	3,805
RATE..		230.9	134.3	93.2	41.1	96.5

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
ALL RACES 1/, LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	299,209	18,410	15,114	12,643	2,471	3,296
RATE..		6,153.0	5,051.3	4,225.6	825.8	1,101.7
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		3,581	2,943	2,438	505	638
RATE..		1,196.9	983.6	814.8	168.8	213.3
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		3,913	3,863	3,778	86	50
RATE..		1,307.8	1,291.2	1,262.5	28.7	16.6
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		560	39	4	34	521
RATE..		187.1	12.9	1.4	11.5	174.2
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		1,235	1,170	922	247	66
RATE..		412.9	390.9	308.3	82.6	22.0
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		1,255	1,250	1,234	16	5
RATE..		419.5	417.8	412.4	5.4	1.7
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		808	800	776	23	8
RATE..		270.0	267.3	259.5	7.8	2.7
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		131	24	14	10	106
RATE..		43.6	8.1	4.8	3.4	35.5
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		686	652	292	360	33
RATE..		229.2	218.0	97.7	120.3	11.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		198	56	19	37	142
RATE..		66.1	18.7	6.2	12.5	47.4
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		215	210	188	21	5
RATE..		71.8	70.1	63.0	7.1	1.7
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		5,829	4,107	2,977	1,130	1,722
RATE..		1,948.2	1,372.6	995.0	377.6	575.5

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
ALL RACES 1/, 2,500 GRAMS OR MORE
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	3,640,324	9,551	3,448	2,075	1,374	6,103
RATE..		262.4	94.7	57.0	37.7	167.6
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		2,622	1,554	989	566	1,068
RATE..		72.0	42.7	27.2	15.5	29.3
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		58	58	57	1	-
RATE..		1.6	1.6	1.6	.0	-
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		2,266	144	19	125	2,123
RATE..		62.3	3.9	.5	3.4	58.3
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		63	43	28	15	20
RATE..		1.7	1.2	.8	.4	.6
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		33	32	30	2	1
RATE..		.9	.9	.8	.1	.0
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		103	99	92	7	4
RATE..		2.8	2.7	2.5	.2	.1
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		614	59	26	32	555
RATE..		16.9	1.6	.7	.9	15.3
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		129	116	52	65	13
RATE..		3.6	3.2	1.4	1.8	.4
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		242	33	6	27	209
RATE..		6.7	.9	.2	.8	5.7
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		230	200	152	47	30
RATE..		6.3	5.5	4.2	1.3	.8
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		3,189	1,110	623	486	2,079
RATE..		87.6	30.5	17.1	13.4	57.1

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
ALL RACES 1/, NOT STATED BIRTH WEIGHT
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	2,020	364	352	343	9	11
RATE..		17,999.8	17,448.4	16,996.7	451.7	551.4
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		38	35	33	2	3
RATE..		1,859.0	1,709.3	1,609.0	100.2	149.7
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		122	120	120	-	2
RATE..		6,057.9	5,958.2	5,958.2	-	99.7
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		1	1	1	-	-
RATE..		51.5	51.5	51.5	-	-
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		7	7	7	-	-
RATE..		351.6	351.6	351.6	-	-
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		58	58	58	-	-
RATE..		2,892.6	2,892.6	2,892.6	-	-
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		40	40	40	-	-
RATE..		1,984.7	1,984.7	1,984.7	-	-
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		-	-	-	-	-
RATE..		-	-	-	-	-
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		3	3	1	2	-
RATE..		150.7	150.7	49.7	101.0	-
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		-	-	-	-	-
RATE..		-	-	-	-	-
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		11	9	9	-	2
RATE..		555.8	455.4	455.4	-	100.3
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		83	79	74	5	4
RATE..		4,096.1	3,894.5	3,643.9	250.5	201.7

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
WHITE, ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	3,118,727	18,575	12,338	9,727	2,611	6,238
RATE..		595.6	395.6	311.9	83.7	200.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		4,810	3,523	2,720	803	1,287
RATE..		154.2	113.0	87.2	25.7	41.3
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		2,223	2,190	2,136	54	33
RATE..		71.3	70.2	68.5	1.7	1.1
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		1,857	126	14	111	1,732
RATE..		59.5	4.0	.5	3.6	55.5
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		821	773	605	167	48
RATE..		26.3	24.8	19.4	5.4	1.5
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		838	833	823	10	5
RATE..		26.9	26.7	26.4	.3	.2
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		621	612	592	20	9
RATE..		19.9	19.6	19.0	.7	.3
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		511	65	31	33	446
RATE..		16.4	2.1	1.0	1.1	14.3
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		534	503	230	273	30
RATE..		17.1	16.1	7.4	8.8	1.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		247	62	19	44	184
RATE..		7.9	2.0	.6	1.4	5.9
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		319	294	241	52	25
RATE..		10.2	9.4	7.7	1.7	.8
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		5,794	3,357	2,314	1,043	2,437
RATE..		185.8	107.6	74.2	33.4	78.1

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
WHITE, LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	203,886	11,438	9,501	7,925	1,576	1,937
RATE..		5,610.0	4,660.0	3,886.8	773.2	950.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		2,716	2,272	1,909	368	444
RATE..		1,332.3	1,114.6	936.2	178.3	217.7
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		2,115	2,083	2,030	54	31
RATE..		1,037.1	1,021.7	995.5	26.3	15.4
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		305	28	1	27	276
RATE..		149.4	13.9	.5	13.4	135.5
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		772	734	579	155	39
RATE..		378.9	359.9	283.9	76.1	18.9
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		788	783	773	9	5
RATE..		386.3	383.8	379.4	4.5	2.5
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		512	507	491	16	5
RATE..		251.4	248.9	240.9	8.0	2.5
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		76	19	11	8	57
RATE..		37.3	9.5	5.5	4.0	27.8
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		429	409	186	224	20
RATE..		210.6	200.7	91.0	109.7	9.9
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		104	38	14	24	66
RATE..		50.9	18.5	6.6	11.9	32.3
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		132	129	116	13	3
RATE..		64.6	63.1	56.7	6.4	1.5
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		3,489	2,498	1,816	683	991
RATE..		1,711.3	1,225.4	890.6	334.8	485.9

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
WHITE, 2,500 GRAMS OR MORE
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	2,913,643	6,934	2,642	1,611	1,031	4,292
RATE..		238.0	90.7	55.3	35.4	147.3
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		2,064	1,224	786	438	840
RATE..		70.8	42.0	27.0	15.0	28.8
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		40	40	40	-	-
RATE..		1.4	1.4	1.4	-	-
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		1,553	97	13	84	1,455
RATE..		53.3	3.3	.4	2.9	49.9
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		45	36	24	12	9
RATE..		1.5	1.2	.8	.4	.3
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		23	23	22	1	-
RATE..		.8	.8	.7	.0	-
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		82	78	74	4	4
RATE..		2.8	2.7	2.5	.1	.1
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		435	46	20	25	390
RATE..		14.9	1.6	.7	.9	13.4
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		103	93	44	50	10
RATE..		3.5	3.2	1.5	1.7	.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		143	24	5	19	119
RATE..		4.9	.8	.2	.7	4.1
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		179	158	119	39	21
RATE..		6.2	5.4	4.1	1.4	.7
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		2,266	823	465	358	1,443
RATE..		77.8	28.2	16.0	12.3	49.5

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
WHITE, NOT STATED BIRTH WEIGHT
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	1,198	204	195	191	4	9
RATE..		17,020.4	16,262.4	15,925.0	337.5	758.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		29	26	25	1	3
RATE..		2,455.5	2,203.1	2,119.3	83.8	252.4
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		69	67	67	-	2
RATE..		5,726.7	5,558.6	5,558.6	-	168.1
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		-	-	-	-	-
RATE..		-	-	-	-	-
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		3	3	3	-	-
RATE..		256.3	256.3	256.3	-	-
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		28	28	28	-	-
RATE..		2,313.4	2,313.4	2,313.4	-	-
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		27	27	27	-	-
RATE..		2,249.7	2,249.7	2,249.7	-	-
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		-	-	-	-	-
RATE..		-	-	-	-	-
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		1	1	1	-	-
RATE..		83.8	83.8	83.8	-	-
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		-	-	-	-	-
RATE..		-	-	-	-	-
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		8	7	7	-	1
RATE..		680.8	597.3	597.3	-	83.5
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		39	36	33	3	3
RATE..		3,254.2	3,000.2	2,746.6	253.6	254.0

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
BLACK, ALL BIRTH WEIGHTS
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	609,902	8,418	5,708	4,646	1,062	2,710
RATE..		1,380.3	935.9	761.8	174.1	444.4
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		1,099	771	564	206	329
RATE..		180.2	126.4	92.5	33.8	53.9
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		1,693	1,675	1,644	31	18
RATE..		277.6	274.6	269.5	5.1	3.0
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		841	46	7	38	796
RATE..		138.0	7.5	1.2	6.3	130.5
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		438	402	315	87	36
RATE..		71.9	65.9	51.6	14.3	6.0
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		447	446	440	6	1
RATE..		73.3	73.1	72.1	1.0	.2
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		297	294	285	9	3
RATE..		48.7	48.2	46.7	1.5	.5
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		206	14	8	6	192
RATE..		33.8	2.3	1.3	1.0	31.5
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		250	236	100	135	14
RATE..		41.0	38.6	16.5	22.2	2.3
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		156	23	5	18	133
RATE..		25.6	3.8	.8	3.0	21.8
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		113	102	87	15	11
RATE..		18.6	16.8	14.3	2.5	1.8
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		2,877	1,700	1,191	509	1,177
RATE..		471.7	278.7	195.3	83.4	193.0

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
BLACK, LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	79,772	6,171	4,959	4,163	796	1,212
RATE..		7,735.8	6,217.0	5,219.2	997.8	1,518.7
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		678	523	406	117	156
RATE..		850.5	655.5	508.4	147.0	195.1
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		1,636	1,618	1,586	31	18
RATE..		2,050.7	2,027.9	1,988.7	39.2	22.8
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		242	9	2	7	233
RATE..		303.3	11.5	2.6	8.9	291.8
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		417	391	307	84	26
RATE..		522.7	489.8	384.4	105.4	32.9
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		414	414	409	5	-
RATE..		519.0	519.0	512.7	6.4	-
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		270	267	260	7	3
RATE..		338.1	334.3	325.3	8.9	3.8
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		52	4	3	1	48
RATE..		64.6	5.1	3.8	1.3	59.6
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		229	218	94	123	11
RATE..		286.6	272.7	118.2	154.4	14.0
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		80	15	4	11	65
RATE..		100.2	19.0	5.1	14.0	81.2
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		68	66	58	8	2
RATE..		85.1	82.6	72.4	10.1	2.5
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		2,086	1,436	1,035	401	650
RATE..		2,614.9	1,799.7	1,297.5	502.3	815.1

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
BLACK, 2,500 GRAMS OR MORE
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	529,816	2,121	624	358	266	1,498
RATE..		400.4	117.7	67.5	50.2	282.7
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		417	244	155	89	173
RATE..		78.7	46.0	29.2	16.8	32.7
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		12	12	12	-	-
RATE..		2.2	2.2	2.2	-	-
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		598	35	4	31	563
RATE..		113.0	6.7	.8	5.9	106.3
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		17	7	4	3	10
RATE..		3.3	1.4	.8	.6	1.9
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		7	6	5	1	1
RATE..		1.3	1.2	1.0	.2	.2
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		15	15	13	2	-
RATE..		2.9	2.9	2.5	.4	-
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		155	10	5	5	144
RATE..		29.2	1.9	1.0	1.0	27.3
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		21	18	6	12	3
RATE..		4.0	3.4	1.1	2.3	.6
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		76	8	1	7	68
RATE..		14.3	1.5	.2	1.3	12.8
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		42	34	27	7	8
RATE..		8.0	6.5	5.1	1.3	1.5
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		761	234	126	108	527
RATE..		143.6	44.1	23.7	20.4	99.5

CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER
CAUSE OF DEATH, BIRTH WEIGHT, AND RACE OF MOTHER	LIVE BIRTHS	INFANT	TOTAL NEONATAL	EARLY NEONATAL	LATE NEONATAL	POST- NEONATAL
BLACK, NOT STATED BIRTH WEIGHT
ALL CAUSES.......................................NUMBER..	314	126	125	125	-	1
RATE..		40,132.8	39,805.8	39,805.8	-	327.0
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES(740-759).NUMBER.		4	4	4	-	-
RATE..		1,296.0	1,296.0	1,296.0	-	-
PREMATURITY (765).........................NUMBER..		46	46	46	-	-
RATE..		14,516.5	14,516.5	14,516.5	-	-
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0) ..NUMBER		1	1	1	-	-
RATE..		331.1	331.1	331.1	-	-
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769) ..NUMBER..		4	4	4	-	-
RATE..		1,284.4	1,284.4	1,284.4	-	-
MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS (761).NUMBER		26	26	26	-	-
RATE..		8,163.0	8,163.0	8,163.0	-	-
COMPLICATIONS OF PLACENTA, ETC. (762) ..NUMBER..		12	12	12	-	-
RATE..		3,859.6	3,859.6	3,859.6	-	-
ACCIDENTS (E800-E949) .................NUMBER..		-	-	-	-	-
RATE..		-	-	-	-	-
INFECTIONS (771) ............................NUMBER..		-	-	-	-	-
RATE..		-	-	-	-	-
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-487).... NUMBER..		-	-	-	-	-
RATE..		-	-	-	-	-
HYPOXIA AND ASPHYXIA (768).......NUMBER		3	2	2	-	1
RATE..		977.9	650.9	650.9	-	327.0
ALL OTHER CAUSES.........................NUMBER..		30	30	30	-	-
RATE..		9,704.4	9,704.4	9,704.4	-	-

1/ INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK

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