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Table 45: Infant Deaths, Neonatal Deaths, Post Neonatal Deaths and Perinatal Mortality by Resident County
New York State 1998

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

New York State 1,608 6.2 1,138 4.4 470 1.8 3,314 12.7
New York City 792 6.6 559 4.7 233 1.9 1,882 15.5
Bronx 144 6.3 102 4.5 42 1.8 404 17.5
Kings 296 7.4 199 5.0 97 2.4 707 17.5
New York 124 6.4 95 4.9 29 1.5 249 12.7
Queens 200 6.3 144 4.5 56 1.8 446 13.8
Richmond 28 4.9 19 3.3 9 1.6 76 13.0
Rest of State 816 5.9 579 4.2 237 1.7 1,432 10.3
Albany 23 6.6 19 5.5 4 1.2 43 12.3
Allegany 2 3.6 2 3.6 0 0.0 5 9.1
Broome 21 9.5 14 6.3 7 3.2 33 14.8
Cattaraugus 10 9.4 7 6.6 3 2.8 16 14.9
Cayuga 4 4.4 2 2.2 2 2.2 9 9.8
Chautauqua 11 7.1 8 5.2 3 1.9 23 14.8
Chemung 3 2.9 2 1.9 1 1.0 7 6.8
Chenango 3 5.0 2 3.4 1 1.7 6 10.0
Clinton 2 2.7 2 2.7 0 0.0 6 8.2
Columbia 9 15.1 7 11.7 2 3.3 11 18.3
Cortland 4 6.6 2 3.3 2 3.3 4 6.6
Delaware 1 2.2 1 2.2 0 0.0 3 6.6
Dutchess 17 5.2 11 3.3 6 1.8 29 8.7
Erie 94 8.1 73 6.3 21 1.8 141 12.1
Essex 1 2.7 0 0.0 1 2.7 0 0.0
Franklin 2 4.1 1 2.0 1 2.0 5 10.2
Fulton 8 13.0 8 13.0 0 0.0 14 22.5
Genesee 6 8.6 4 5.7 2 2.9 9 12.8
Greene 2 3.9 1 2.0 1 2.0 10 19.3
Hamilton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Herkimer 4 6.1 3 4.6 1 1.5 10 15.0
Jefferson 6 3.5 3 1.7 3 1.7 6 3.5
Lewis 4 11.7 3 8.8 1 2.9 6 17.4
Livingston 6 9.0 4 6.0 2 3.0 9 13.4
Madison 5 5.8 2 2.3 3 3.5 12 13.8
Monroe 69 7.1 54 5.6 15 1.6 111 11.4
Montgomery 3 5.0 2 3.3 1 1.7 8 13.1
Nassau 93 5.4 73 4.2 20 1.2 173 10.0
Niagara 15 5.7 11 4.2 4 1.5 29 10.9
Oneida 20 7.7 16 6.1 4 1.5 40 15.2
Onondaga 43 7.2 25 4.2 18 3.0 55 9.2
Ontario 6 5.1 4 3.4 2 1.7 13 10.9
Orange 28 5.9 18 3.8 10 2.1 48 10.0
Orleans 4 7.3 3 5.4 1 1.8 8 14.4
Oswego 11 7.5 6 4.1 5 3.4 11 7.4
Otsego 3 5.3 0 0.0 3 5.3 4 7.0
Putnam 3 2.4 3 2.4 0 0.0 9 7.3
Rensselaer 14 7.9 9 5.1 5 2.8 25 14.0
Rockland 19 4.3 14 3.2 5 1.1 40 9.0
St Lawrence 7 5.8 3 2.5 4 3.3 10 8.3
Saratoga 8 3.2 6 2.4 2 0.8 17 6.7
Schenectady 11 6.3 6 3.5 5 2.9 33 18.7
Schoharie 2 6.3 2 6.3 0 0.0 3 9.4
Schuyler 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Seneca 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 5.4
Steuben 11 9.3 9 7.6 2 1.7 15 12.6
Suffolk 94 4.7 61 3.1 33 1.7 172 8.6
Sullivan 7 8.5 4 4.8 3 3.6 10 12.0
Tioga 3 5.5 2 3.6 1 1.8 3 5.5
Tompkins 1 1.2 1 1.2 0 0.0 4 4.8
Ulster 11 5.9 7 3.8 4 2.2 17 9.1
Warren 1 1.5 1 1.5 0 0.0 10 15.3
Washington 2 3.4 0 0.0 2 3.4 2 3.4
Wayne 9 7.1 6 4.7 3 2.4 15 11.7
Westchester 67 5.2 51 4.0 16 1.2 119 9.2
Wyoming 1 2.2 1 2.2 0 0.0 5 10.7
Yates 2 5.8 0 0.0 2 5.8 4 11.5

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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