Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Volume 46, No. 6, Supplement 2, February 26,1998. Infant Mortality Statistics from the Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set, 1995 Period Data

摘要

This report presents infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infantdeath data set (linked file)-1995 period data by a variety of maternal and infant characteristics. Trends in birthweight-specific infant mortality rates from 1985-95 are also discussed. Descriptive tabulations of data from the linked file are presented. The data include infant deaths in 1995, which are linked to their corresponding birth certificates, whether the birth occurred in 1995 or 1994. The denominator used to compute infant mortality rates is the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) natality file, which includes all birth in 1995. Data are weighted to compensate for the 2.5 percent of infant death records that could not be linked to their corresponding birth certificates.