SNJPC: Camden County Maternal-Child Health Indicators

Q: What are the statistics surrounding births and infant deaths in Camden County?

Indicator	1993	1994	1995

Number of Live Births	7974	7620	7565

Percent White	72.36	72.92	74.43

Percent Black	24.10	23.37	21.50

Percent Hispanic	10.99	10.63	12.33

Percent Started PN Care 1st Trim	77.78	79.97	81.56

Percent Births w/no Prenatal Care	1.33	1.68	1.19

Percent Live Births under 1500 grams	1.77	1.56	1.60

Percent Live Births under 2500 grams	8.59	8.33	8.38

Infant Mortality Rate	10.53	9.19	10.18

White	7.60	6.35	6.64

Black	21.23	17.55	23.59

Hispanic	4.57	6.17	10.72

Neonatal Mortality Rate	7.52	5.77	7.80

White	5.48	3.81	5.56

Black	14.86	11.89	16.76

Hispanic	4.57	4.94	8.57

Fetal Mortality Rate	6.73	6.78	7.31

Live Births under age 15	33	28	34

Live Births from 15 to 19	915	868	935

Q: What are the statistics surrounding births and infant deaths in Camden City?

Indicator	1993	1994	1995

Number of Live Births	2193	2027	1957

Percent White	37.01	40.49	45.18

Percent Black	59.38	56.29	51.17

Percent Hispanic	32.38	32.71	38.58

Percent Started PN Care 1st Trim	56.51	61.78	65.24

Percent Births w/no Prenatal Care	3.78	4.82	3.19

Percent Live Births <1500 g	2.74	2.58	2.62

Percent Live Births <2500 g	14.42	13.19	13.76

Infant Mortality Rate	19.15	14.31	16.86

Percent White	8.87	12.24	11.53

Percent Black	26.86	14.96	23.42

Percent Hispanic	5.63	7.54	10.60

Neonatal Mortality Rate	14.59	8.39	12.77

Percent White	7.60	6.12	9.23

Percent Black	19.75	9.68	17.31

Percent Hispanic	5.63	6.03	7.95

Fetal Mortality Rate	13.50	10.25	9.62

Percent Live Births <age 15	30	21	26

Percent Live Births 15-19	591	540	577