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Table 45: Infant Deaths, Neonatal Deaths, Post Neonatal Deaths and Perinatal Mortality by Resident County
New York State 1999

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

New York State 1,605 6.3 1,120 4.4 485 1.9 3,322 12.9
New York City 791 6.6 563 4.7 228 1.9 1,928 16.0
Bronx 150 6.7 98 4.4 52 2.3 380 16.7
Kings 277 7.0 189 4.8 88 2.2 719 17.9
New York 115 5.8 85 4.3 30 1.5 283 14.2
Queens 204 6.4 153 4.8 51 1.6 464 14.5
Richmond 45 7.7 38 6.5 7 1.2 82 13.9
Rest of State 814 6.0 557 4.1 257 1.9 1,394 10.2
Albany 20 6.4 11 3.5 9 2.9 43 13.6
Allegany 2 3.6 1 1.8 1 1.8 6 10.6
Broome 18 7.9 16 7.0 2 0.9 28 12.2
Cattaraugus 7 7.1 4 4.0 3 3.0 12 12.0
Cayuga 6 6.6 6 6.6 0 0.0 8 8.8
Chautauqua 8 5.2 6 3.9 2 1.3 11 7.1
Chemung 7 6.4 6 5.5 1 0.9 16 14.4
Chenango 2 3.7 1 1.9 1 1.9 6 11.1
Clinton 6 7.2 2 2.4 4 4.8 3 3.6
Columbia 2 3.4 2 3.4 0 0.0 5 8.3
Cortland 7 12.2 5 8.7 2 3.5 6 10.5
Delaware 6 13.1 5 10.9 1 2.2 6 13.1
Dutchess 19 6.0 10 3.1 9 2.8 32 10.0
Erie 86 7.7 55 4.9 31 2.8 138 12.3
Essex 1 2.6 1 2.6 0 0.0 3 7.7
Franklin 1 2.3 0 0.0 1 2.3 2 4.5
Fulton 6 10.3 5 8.6 1 1.7 11 18.7
Genesee 1 1.4 0 0.0 1 1.4 2 2.7
Greene 2 4.6 2 4.6 0 0.0 7 16.0
Hamilton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Herkimer 2 3.0 2 3.0 0 0.0 15 21.9
Jefferson 8 4.6 5 2.8 3 1.7 14 7.9
Lewis 1 3.0 1 3.0 0 0.0 4 11.9
Livingston 2 2.9 1 1.4 1 1.4 5 7.1
Madison 5 6.5 4 5.2 1 1.3 9 11.7
Monroe 57 6.2 32 3.5 25 2.7 98 10.5
Montgomery 5 8.7 3 5.2 2 3.5 8 13.8
Nassau 85 5.0 60 3.5 25 1.5 152 8.9
Niagara 11 4.2 6 2.3 5 1.9 30 11.5
Oneida 23 8.7 18 6.8 5 1.9 42 15.7
Onondaga 53 8.8 37 6.1 16 2.6 67 11.0
Ontario 5 4.7 1 0.9 4 3.7 6 5.6
Orange 32 6.6 20 4.1 12 2.5 41 8.4
Orleans 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 7.5
Oswego 8 5.4 6 4.0 2 1.3 19 12.7
Otsego 2 3.5 2 3.5 0 0.0 7 12.0
Putnam 3 2.5 3 2.5 0 0.0 6 5.1
Rensselaer 12 6.9 6 3.4 6 3.4 21 12.0
Rockland 25 5.6 16 3.6 9 2.0 46 10.2
St Lawrence 8 6.9 6 5.2 2 1.7 13 11.2
Saratoga 9 3.7 8 3.3 1 0.4 18 7.5
Schenectady 17 9.9 12 7.0 5 2.9 25 14.4
Schoharie 3 9.8 2 6.5 1 3.3 5 16.1
Schuyler 4 18.7 3 14.0 1 4.7 3 14.0
Seneca 2 5.5 2 5.5 0 0.0 6 16.3
Steuben 7 6.0 4 3.4 3 2.6 11 9.3
Suffolk 117 5.9 94 4.7 23 1.2 198 9.9
Sullivan 10 11.7 9 10.5 1 1.2 18 20.8
Tioga 3 4.8 1 1.6 2 3.2 3 4.7
Tompkins 4 4.5 2 2.2 2 2.2 6 6.7
Ulster 9 5.1 6 3.4 3 1.7 18 10.2
Warren 5 7.7 3 4.6 2 3.1 11 16.7
Washington 4 6.2 1 1.6 3 4.7 7 10.8
Wayne 4 3.2 4 3.2 0 0.0 8 6.4
Westchester 53 4.2 33 2.6 20 1.6 97 7.7
Wyoming 6 14.2 4 9.5 2 4.7 5 11.8
Yates 3 9.4 2 6.3 1 3.1 3 9.4

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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