Indiana Infant Mortality Report
1990 - 2003

Table 27. Infant, neonatal, and Postneonatal mortality rates by race and Hispanic origin of mother, three-year moving averages: Lake County, Indiana, 1990-2003 linked files

Race/Hispanic origin
of mother
90-92 91-93 92-94 93-95 94-96 95-97 96-98 97-99 98-00 99-01 00-02 01-03
  Rate per 1,000 live births in the specified group1
All races/origins                        
Infant 10.4 10.5 10.8 11.0 10.9 10.1 9.9 9.4 9.0 8.7 9.2 9.0
      Neonatal 6.4 6.3 7.1 7.5 7.4 6.7 6.3 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.6 5.9
      Postneonatal 4.0 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.1
                         
White                        
Infant 8.1 7.7 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.0 6.3 5.6 6.1 6.9 7.3
      Neonatal 5.1 4.5 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.6 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.8 5.0
      Postneonatal 3.0 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.4 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.3
                         
White, Non-Hispanic                        
Infant 8.0 7.4 7.8 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.4 6.1 5.3 5.8 6.3 6.7
      Neonatal 5.2 4.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.5
      Postneonatal 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.4 * * 2.1 2.2
                         
Black                        
Infant 15.3 16.3 16.2 17.3 17.2 16.2 16.3 15.5 15.7 14.0 14.1 13.0
      Neonatal 9.3 10.2 10.7 12.1 11.7 11.4 11.1 10.3 8.9 7.2 7.5 8.0
      Postneonatal 6.0 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.5 4.8 5.2 5.2 6.8 6.8 6.6 5.0
                         
Black, Non-Hispanic                        
Infant 15.3 16.3 16.3 17.4 17.3 16.3 16.4 15.5 15.8 14.1 14.2 13.1
      Neonatal 9.3 10.2 10.7 12.2 11.8 11.5 11.2 10.4 8.9 7.3 7.5 8.1
      Postneonatal 6.0 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.5 4.8 5.2 5.2 6.9 6.8 6.6 5.0
                         
Hispanic                        
Infant 9.0 9.0 9.7 9.9 10.8 8.9 8.9 7.0 6.7 6.9 8.9 9.1
      Neonatal * * * * 7.7 * * * * * 6.6 6.5
      Postneonatal * * * * * * * * * * * *
1The total number of infant deaths and live births used in calculating the mortality rates is derived by summation of the respective yearly numbers presented in Table C-1 of Appendix C.
Note: Neonatal is less than 28 days, and Postneonatal is 28 days to under 1 year.
Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center