Table 45: Infant Deaths, Neonatal Deaths, Post Neonatal Deaths and Perinatal Mortality by Resident County New York State 1997

Infant Deaths1 Neonatal Deaths2 Post Neonatal Deaths3 Perinatal Mortality4
County Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate5

New York State 1,728 6.7 1,208 4.7 520 2.0 3,436 13.3
New York City 837 7.0 574 4.8 263 2.2 2,018 16.8
Bronx 177 7.9 116 5.2 61 2.7 406 17.8
Kings 343 8.6 232 5.8 111 2.8 823 20.4
New York 100 5.2 70 3.6 30 1.5 278 14.2
Queens 183 5.8 131 4.1 52 1.6 427 13.4
Richmond 34 6.0 25 4.4 9 1.6 84 14.6
Rest of State 891 6.5 634 4.6 257 1.9 1,418 10.2
Albany 21 6.4 15 4.6 6 1.8 29 8.8
Allegany 3 5.4 1 1.8 2 3.6 3 5.3
Broome 18 8.2 13 5.9 5 2.3 26 11.7
Cattaraugus 10 9.6 7 6.7 3 2.9 13 12.4
Cayuga 6 6.4 5 5.4 1 1.1 10 10.7
Chautauqua 13 8.0 8 4.9 5 3.1 22 13.4
Chemung 5 4.8 3 2.9 2 1.9 17 16.2
Chenango 3 4.9 2 3.3 1 1.6 6 9.8
Clinton 12 15.1 7 8.8 5 6.3 12 15.0
Columbia 4 6.0 2 3.0 2 3.0 6 9.0
Cortland 2 3.6 2 3.6 0 0.0 3 5.3
Delaware 4 8.1 4 8.1 0 0.0 6 12.2
Dutchess 17 5.0 15 4.4 2 0.6 29 8.5
Erie 96 8.3 72 6.2 24 2.1 139 11.9
Essex 1 2.6 1 2.6 0 0.0 5 12.7
Franklin 5 10.8 4 8.6 1 2.2 10 21.2
Fulton 3 4.8 3 4.8 0 0.0 4 6.4
Genesee 11 14.6 10 13.2 1 1.3 19 24.9
Greene 2 4.1 2 4.1 0 0.0 6 12.1
Hamilton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Herkimer 6 8.6 5 7.1 1 1.4 11 15.6
Jefferson 8 4.6 6 3.5 2 1.2 23 13.1
Lewis 3 8.9 3 8.9 0 0.0 4 11.9
Livingston 6 8.5 3 4.2 3 4.2 4 5.7
Madison 4 4.8 1 1.2 3 3.6 7 8.4
Monroe 79 8.2 58 6.0 21 2.2 118 12.2
Montgomery 2 3.4 2 3.4 0 0.0 5 8.4
Nassau 83 4.9 65 3.8 18 1.1 159 9.2
Niagara 28 10.6 18 6.8 10 3.8 37 13.9
Oneida 16 5.9 10 3.7 6 2.2 28 10.3
Onondaga 40 6.7 26 4.4 14 2.3 69 11.5
Ontario 8 6.8 5 4.2 3 2.5 16 13.4
Orange 31 6.4 21 4.3 10 2.1 52 10.6
Orleans 3 5.5 2 3.6 1 1.8 8 14.4
Oswego 7 4.8 5 3.5 2 1.4 13 8.9
Otsego 3 5.1 1 1.7 2 3.4 3 5.1
Putnam 10 8.1 8 6.5 2 1.6 13 10.6
Rensselaer 19 10.7 11 6.2 8 4.5 21 11.7
Rockland 19 4.4 11 2.5 8 1.8 40 9.2
St Lawrence 8 6.8 6 5.1 2 1.7 14 11.8
Saratoga 12 5.0 10 4.2 2 0.8 19 7.9
Schenectady 10 5.7 5 2.9 5 2.9 20 11.3
Schoharie 5 14.7 2 5.9 3 8.8 3 8.8
Schuyler 1 4.9 1 4.9 0 0.0 4 19.2
Seneca 2 5.3 2 5.3 0 0.0 3 8.0
Steuben 7 5.9 7 5.9 0 0.0 13 10.9
Suffolk 124 6.2 92 4.6 32 1.6 161 8.1
Sullivan 4 4.8 3 3.6 1 1.2 8 9.5
Tioga 3 4.7 2 3.1 1 1.6 4 6.2
Tompkins 7 8.2 3 3.5 4 4.7 7 8.1
Ulster 7 3.6 4 2.1 3 1.6 14 7.2
Warren 4 5.8 2 2.9 2 2.9 5 7.2
Washington 2 3.3 2 3.3 0 0.0 13 20.9
Wayne 13 10.3 11 8.7 2 1.6 19 15.0
Westchester 65 5.1 43 3.4 22 1.7 112 8.8
Wyoming 5 11.3 1 2.3 4 9.0 1 2.3
Yates 1 3.0 1 3.0 0 0.0 2 6.0

1 Infant Death Rate -- deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births
2 Neonatal Death Rate -- deaths under 28 days per 1,000 live births
3 Post Neonatal Death Rate -- deaths at age 28 days and older, but less than 1 year per 1,000 live births
4 Perinatal Mortality -- the number of neonatal deaths + spontaneous fetal deaths of gestation 20+ weeks
5 Perinatal Mortality Rate -- the number of neonatal deaths + spontaneous fetal deaths of gestation 20+ weeks per 1,000 spontaneous fetal deaths of gestation 20+ weeks + live births

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