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Infant and Neonatal Mortality
Table
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Data
| State | Infant Deaths | Neonatal Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (All Races) |
White (Includes Hispanic) |
Black (Includes Hispanic) |
Total (All Races) |
White (Includes Hispanic) |
Black (Includes Hispanic) |
|
| *Mortality figures are presented as number of deaths per 1,000 live births. Infant mortality is defined as death during the first year of life; neonatal mortality is death during the first 28 days of life. n/a = Figure does not meet the standards of reliability or precision. Source: Xu J, Kochanek K, Murphy S, Tejada-Vera B. Deaths: Final data for 2007. National vital statistics reports; vol 58, no 19. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. May 2010. |
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| Alabama | 9.89 | 7.98 | 14.35 | 6.27 | 4.90 | 9.5 |
| Alaska | 6.51 | 5.20 | n/a | 3.17 | 3.03 | n/a |
| Arizona | 6.83 | 6.49 | 14.95 | 4.69 | 4.53 | 10.12 |
| Arkansas | 7.66 | 6.47 | 13.17 | 4.33 | 3.38 | 8.61 |
| California | 5.20 | 4.89 | 12.35 | 3.55 | 3.34 | 7.98 |
| Colorado | 6.12 | 5.85 | 13.16 | 4.17 | 4.01 | 8.19 |
| Connecticut | 6.63 | 5.90 | 12.07 | 5.06 | 4.46 | 9.41 |
| Delaware | 7.48 | 6.12 | 11.84 | 5.34 | 4.32 | 8.80 |
| District of Columbia | 13.09 | 8.52 | 16.61 | 9.70 | 5.87 | 12.60 |
| Florida | 7.05 | 5.52 | 12.21 | 4.42 | 3.53 | 7.47 |
| Georgia | 7.98 | 5.56 | 12.77 | 5.07 | 3.58 | 7.90 |
| Hawaii | 6.48 | 6.11 | n/a | 4.23 | 3.59 | n/a |
| Idaho | 6.75 | 6.59 | n/a | 4.52 | 4.46 | n/a |
| Illinois | 6.73 | 5.22 | 14.16 | 4.78 | 3.84 | 9.46 |
| Indiana | 7.58 | 6.61 | 15.99 | 4.79 | 4.13 | 10.40 |
| Iowa | 5.50 | 5.34 | 11.58 | 3.30 | 3.27 | n/a |
| Kansas | 7.93 | 7.03 | 18.98 | 5.00 | 4.49 | 11.63 |
| Kentucky | 6.69 | 6.01 | 12.69 | 4.06 | 3.73 | 7.58 |
| Louisiana | 9.17 | 6.14 | 14.08 | 5.35 | 3.49 | 8.37 |
| Maine | 6.30 | 6.33 | n/a | 4.46 | 4.54 | n/a |
| Maryland | 8.00 | 4.79 | 13.63 | 5.80 | 3.54 | 9.67 |
| Massachusetts | 4.93 | 4.54 | 8.76 | 3.42 | 3.11 | 6.12 |
| Michigan | 7.94 | 6.11 | 16.39 | 5.56 | 4.37 | 11.12 |
| Minnesota | 5.55 | 4.69 | 11.70 | 3.80 | 3.28 | 7.13 |
| Mississippi | 10.04 | 6.65 | 13.87 | 5.89 | 3.83 | 8.37 |
| Missouri | 7.48 | 5.89 | 16.48 | 4.99 | 3.77 | 11.69 |
| Montana | 6.35 | 5.94 | n/a | 3.62 | 3.49 | n/a |
| Nebraska | 6.76 | 6.12 | 14.04 | 4.86 | 4.38 | 10.53 |
| Nevada | 6.36 | 6.03 | 12.35 | 4.03 | 3.81 | 8.15 |
| New Hampshire | 5.36 | 5.34 | n/a | 3.25 | 3.31 | n/a |
| New Jersey | 5.18 | 4.13 | 11.02 | 3.44 | 2.86 | 6.87 |
| New Mexico | 6.27 | 5.99 | n/a | 3.89 | 3.88 | n/a |
| New York | 5.57 | 4.95 | 8.82 | 3.70 | 3.27 | 5.95 |
| North Carolina | 8.49 | 6.35 | 15.14 | 5.70 | 4.24 | 10.28 |
| North Dakota | 7.47 | 6.80 | n/a | 4.86 | 5.07 | n/a |
| Ohio | 7.69 | 6.34 | 14.81 | 5.18 | 4.21 | 10.20 |
| Oklahoma | 8.52 | 7.25 | 18.03 | 4.78 | 4.16 | 10.82 |
| Oregon | 5.75 | 5.70 | n/a | 3.95 | 3.93 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania | 7.56 | 6.12 | 15.07 | 4.98 | 4.12 | 9.45 |
| Rhode Island | 7.35 | 6.52 | 16.00 | 5.41 | 4.79 | n/a |
| South Carolina | 8.57 | 6.03 | 13.69 | 5.66 | 3.93 | 9.13 |
| South Dakota | 6.44 | 5.55 | n/a | 4.16 | 4.01 | n/a |
| Tennessee | 8.31 | 6.44 | 15.74 | 5.19 | 3.91 | 10.19 |
| Texas | 6.29 | 5.68 | 11.51 | 3.86 | 3.43 | 7.37 |
| Utah | 5.08 | 4.98 | n/a | 3.39 | 3.35 | n/a |
| Vermont | 5.07 | 4.76 | n/a | 3.07 | n/a | n/a |
| Virginia | 7.79 | 5.80 | 15.41 | 5.35 | 3.76 | 11.26 |
| Washington | 4.82 | 4.33 | 10.28 | 2.85 | 2.63 | 5.55 |
| West Virginia | 7.46 | 6.95 | n/a | 4.68 | 4.33 | n/a |
| Wisconsin | 6.46 | 5.37 | 15.18 | 4.03 | 3.56 | 8.34 |
| Wyoming | 7.35 | 6.65 | n/a | 3.67 | 3.66 | n/a |
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