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Infant Deaths in Allen County, Indiana

The infant mortality rate is the rate at which babies die before their first birthday, per 1000 births. In 2005, 43 infants died before their first birthday in Allen County.


Allen County Infant Mortality Rate:
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Rate per 1,000 Live Births
7.3
6.1
6.3
6.6
8.4
7.7
8.1
Translating to numbers (CRI calculations):
37
32
34
34
44
41
43
 
State of Indiana Mortality Rate:
7.8
7.7
7.6
7.6
7.4
8.1
8.0
United States Mortality Rate1:
7.1
6.9
6.8
7.0
6.7
6.6
6.8

RANKING of LEADING CAUSES OF INFANT DEATH by Race (of mother), Indiana: 2005
  All Races White Black
Congenital Anomalies
1
1
2
Related to Short Gestation and LBW
2
2
1
Accidents
3
3
3
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
4
3
5
Newborn affected by maternal complication of pregnancy
5
3
4

INFANT MORTALITY BY SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS AND RACE (of mother),
INDIANA: 5 year average 1999-2003
Infant mortality rates per 1,000 live births
All Races
White
Black
Hispanic*
Educational Attainment of Mother: Less than 12 Years
10.1
9.2
15.2
6.4
More than 12 Years
5.5
4.9
12.1
4.0
Marital Status Married
6.0
5.8
11.9
5.6
Unmarried
10.1
8.6
14.7
6.7
Smoking (maternal) Smoking
10.8
10.5
27.1
**
Not Smoking
6.6
5.8
12.8
6.1
Prenatal Care (began) First Trimester
6.8
6.1
13.1
5.3
After First Trimester
7.5
6.9
10.6
5.0
No Care
37.1
29.4
54.1
**
* Hispanic is not a race but an ethnicity.
** Indicates that there were too few deaths in this category to meet a standard of reliability.

Definitions, Sources and Caveats: Indiana State Department of Health for Allen County and Indiana. 1. United States Infant mortality rate data from the Centers for Disease Control, retrieved from the internet September, 2007.