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Indicator: Infant Mortality, King County

Infant deaths in the first year of life
  • Source: Washington State Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Linked Birth-Infant Death Data
  • Most recent data (2007): 4.4 deaths per 1,000 live births, including 110 infants.

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Trend Over Time
Demographic Differences
Last 10 Years
Last 5 Years
5-year Average 2003-2007
1998-2007
2003-2007
Rate
Lower CI
Upper CI
All
4.5
4.1
4.9
Mother's Age
<18
---
---
10.5
6.2
16.6
18-24
---
---
6.3
5.3
7.4
25-39
3.6
3.2
4.0
40+
---
---
8.1
5.8
10.9
Mother's Race/Ethnicity
African American
8.6
6.9
10.7
American Indian/AN
---
---
13.7
8.0
21.9
Asian/PI
---
---
3.8
3.1
4.7
Hispanic/Latina
---
---
4.2
3.2
5.3
White
3.8
3.4
4.3
Neighborhood Poverty Level
High Poverty
---
---
7.0
4.6
10.2
Medium Poverty
4.9
4.4
5.4
Low Poverty
3.4
2.8
4.0
Region
East
2.8
2.2
3.5
South
5.5
4.9
6.2
Seattle
4.5
3.8
5.2
North
---
---
3.8
2.6
5.5

















Trend symbols:
up, statistically significant
down, statistically significant
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flat, no trend
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getting worse
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getting better

Notes:

N/A: Not available

^ Too few occurrences to meet validity standard

CI is 95% Confidence Interval

Rate = deaths per 1,000 live births

Persons of Hispanic/Latina ethnicity can be of any race and are included in the racial categories

Produced By: Public Health - Seattle & King County; Assessment, Policy Development, & Evaluation, 5/09


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Health disparities
Equity & Social Justice: Downstream

*AIMs High performance reports by the King County Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management can help you understand social, economic, and environmental conditions throughout the county and what King County government is doing to improve those conditions.