INFANT MORTALITY ALABAMA 2006 ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC

INFANT MORTALITY ALABAMA 2006 ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS

INFANT MORTALITY RATES ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 2

INFANT MORTALITY RATES ALABAMA AND UNITED STATES 1 1965 -2005 ALABAMA UNITED STATES 9. 0 6. 6 1 2005 and 2006 US rates are provisional. 3

INFANT MORTALITY RATES, BLACK INFANTS ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 4

INFANT MORTALITY RATES, WHITE INFANTS ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 5

INFANT MORTALITY RATES ALABAMA AND UNITED STATES 1 BY RACE, 1997 -2006 AL-BLACK US-BLACK 14. 3 13. 8 AL-WHITE US-WHITE 1 2004 US rate is provisional 2005 US rate is not available. 6. 7 5. 7 6

INFANT MORTALITY RATES, HISPANIC INFANTS, ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 7

NUMBER OF TEEN BIRTHS ALABAMA, 1960 -2006 8

Percent of All Live Births PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO TEENAGERS ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 9

INFANT MORTALITY RATES TEENAGERS vs. ADULTS BY RACE ALABAMA, 2006 10

INFANT MORTALITY RATES TEENAGERS vs. ADULTS ALABAMA, 2006 11

Percent of All Live Births PERCENT OF LOW WEIGHT BIRTHS ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 12

INFANT MORTALITY RATES LOW vs. NORMAL WEIGHT BIRTHS ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 LOW WEIGHT 59. 6 NORMAL WEIGHT 3. 0 13

MULTIPLE BIRTHS AS A PERCENT OF TOTAL BIRTHS ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 14

INFANT MORTALITY RATES SINGLETON AND MULTIPLE BIRTHS ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 MULTIPLE 34. 7 SINGLETON 8. 1 15

INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY BIRTH INTERVAL ALABAMA, 2006 16

PERCENT OF BIRTHS WITH ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE 1 ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 1 Adequacy of care measured using the Kessner index. 17

PERCENT OF BIRTHS WITH ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE 1 BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN, ALABAMA, 2006 1 Adequacy of care measured using the Kessner index. 18

PERCENT OF BIRTHS WITH ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE 1 BY AGE OF MOTHER ALABAMA, 2006 1 Adequacy of care measured using the Kessner index. 19

INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY ADEQUACY OF PRENATAL CARE 1 ALABAMA, 2006 1 Adequacy of care measured using the Kessner index. 20

INFANT MORTALITY RATE BY MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER ALABAMA, 2006 21

INFANT MORTALITY RATE BY METHOD OF PAYMENT, ALABAMA, 2006 22

Percent of All Live Births PERCENT OF BIRTHS WITH MATERNAL SMOKING ALABAMA, 1997 -2006 23

INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY SMOKING STATUS, ALABAMA, 2006 24

MATERNAL SMOKING BY AGE OF MOTHER ALABAMA, 2000 -2006 15. 1 TEENS 13. 0 12. 0 ADULTS 11. 6 25

MATERNAL SMOKING BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER ALABAMA, 2006 26