Neonatal Mortality by Race for Urban Counties and Ratio of Black to White Mortality Rates |
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1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | |||||||||||
Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | |
INDIANA | 540 | 6.5 | 527 | 6.1 | 492 | 5.7 | 497 | 5.9 | 462 | 5.5 | 453 | 5.5 | 465 | 5.6 | 466 | 5.6 | 434 | 5.2 | 434 | 5.1 |
White | 423 | 5.8 | 412 | 5.5 | 365 | 4.9 | 364 | 4.9 | 356 | 4.8 | 345 | 4.8 | 350 | 4.8 | 367 | 5.0 | 342 | 4.7 | 316 | 4.2 |
Black | 113 | 12.6 | 111 | 11.8 | 124 | 13.1 | 127 | 13.5 | 104 | 11.2 | 105 | 11.7 | 109 | 12.5 | 94 | 10.7 | 85 | 9.7 | 109 | 11.8 |
Ratio | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | ||||||||||
ALL RACES | 266 | 7.5 | 281 | 7.6 | 247 | 6.7 | 252 | 7.0 | 228 | 6.4 | 227 | 6.5 | 218 | 6.3 | 198 | 5.7 | 228 | 6.6 | 214 | 6.0 |
Allen | 38 | 7.5 | 32 | 6.0 | 31 | 5.9 | 23 | 4.5 | 26 | 5.3 | 25 | 5.0 | 23 | 4.7 | 17 | 3.5 | 27 | 5.4 | 34 | 6.7 |
Elkhart | 21 | 7.6 | 19 | 7.0 | 17 | 6.5 | 18 | 6.9 | 16 | 5.9 | 15 | 5.6 | 17 | 6.2 | 9 | 3.3 | 14 | 4.8 | 18 | 6.0 |
Lake | 62 | 8.6 | 53 | 7.0 | 53 | 6.9 | 49 | 6.4 | 61 | 8.2 | 60 | 8.2 | 55 | 7.5 | 50 | 7.0 | 44 | 6.4 | 47 | 6.6 |
Marion | 113 | 7.8 | 123 | 8.1 | 102 | 6.8 | 123 | 8.4 | 91 | 6.3 | 89 | 6.3 | 89 | 6.4 | 93 | 6.7 | 105 | 7.6 | 84 | 6.0 |
St. Joseph | 21 | 5.4 | 26 | 6.7 | 26 | 6.8 | 25 | 6.6 | 19 | 4.9 | 21 | 5.8 | 20 | 5.3 | 13 | 3.4 | 27 | 7.2 | 22 | 5.5 |
Vanderburgh | 11 | 4.7 | 28 | 11.0 | 18 | 7.6 | 14 | 6.0 | 15 | 6.4 | 17 | 7.4 | 14 | 6.4 | 16 | 7.1 | 11 | 5.1 | 9 | 4.0 |
WHITE | 163 | 5.9 | 178 | 6.3 | 139 | 5.0 | 134 | 4.9 | 136 | 5.0 | 130 | 4.9 | 125 | 4.7 | 122 | 4.6 | 149 | 5.6 | 116 | 4.4 |
Allen | 31 | 7.3 | 21 | 4.9 | 20 | 4.6 | 14 | 3.3 | 14 | 3.5 | 14 | 3.4 | 17 | 4.2 | 10 | 2.5 | 20 | 4.9 | 21 | 5.0 |
Elkhart | 21 | 8.2 | 19 | 7.7 | 12 | 4.9 | 11 | 4.6 | 14 | 5.5 | 11 | 4.5 | 11 | 4.3 | 8 | 3.2 | 11 | 4.1 | 17 | 6.2 |
Lake | 34 | 7.0 | 35 | 6.9 | 26 | 5.0 | 26 | 5.1 | 27 | 5.4 | 31 | 6.3 | 23 | 4.7 | 24 | 5.0 | 19 | 4.1 | 14 | 3.0 |
Marion | 55 | 5.2 | 65 | 6.0 | 46 | 4.3 | 64 | 6.0 | 57 | 5.5 | 48 | 4.7 | 49 | 4.8 | 54 | 5.4 | 70 | 7.0 | 43 | 4.4 |
St. Joseph | 12 | 3.7 | 14 | 4.4 | 22 | 7.0 | 11 | 3.5 | 14 | 4.4 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 3.9 | 11 | 3.6 | 21 | 6.7 | 13 | 4.0 |
Vanderburgh | 10 | 4.8 | 24 | 10.6 | 13 | 6.3 | 8 | 3.9 | 10 | 4.8 | 14 | 7.1 | 13 | 6.8 | 15 | 7.7 | 8 | 4.3 | 8 | 4.1 |
BLACK | 99 | 13.1 | 102 | 12.5 | 106 | 12.9 | 116 | 14.1 | 86 | 10.6 | 96 | 12.4 | 90 | 11.9 | 76 | 10.1 | 76 | 10.0 | 95 | 11.9 |
Allen | 7 | 9.2 | 11 | 13.8 | 10 | 12.5 | 9 | 11.5 | 11 | 14.2 | 11 | 14.2 | 5 | 6.8 | 7 | 10.2 | 7 | 9.0 | 13 | 17.2 |
Elkhart | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 27.2 | 7 | 37.8 | 2 | 11.6 | 4 | 19.9 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 6.5 | 3 | 16.5 | 1 | 4.6 |
Lake | 27 | 12.1 | 18 | 7.6 | 27 | 11.3 | 23 | 9.5 | 34 | 14.0 | 29 | 12.4 | 32 | 13.8 | 26 | 11.6 | 25 | 11.5 | 31 | 13.3 |
Marion | 58 | 15.4 | 57 | 14.5 | 55 | 13.8 | 59 | 15.1 | 34 | 8.9 | 40 | 11.2 | 40 | 11.4 | 39 | 10.9 | 33 | 9.1 | 41 | 10.9 |
St. Joseph | 6 | 9.8 | 12 | 18.9 | 4 | 6.5 | 13 | 20.6 | 5 | 7.9 | 9 | 15.3 | 8 | 13.8 | 2 | 3.3 | 5 | 8.8 | 8 | 12.4 |
Vanderburgh | 1 | 4.2 | 4 | 15.2 | 5 | 19.3 | 5 | 19.7 | 5 | 19.5 | 3 | 10.9 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 3 | 11.5 | 1 | 3.6 |
RATIO | ||||||||||||||||||||
Allen | 1.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 3.4 | ||||||||||
Elkhart | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.7 | ||||||||||
Lake | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 | ||||||||||
Marion | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.5 | ||||||||||
St. Joseph | 2.6 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.1 | ||||||||||
Vanderburgh | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | ||||||||||
Shaded area: numerator is less than 20 and the rate is unstable. |