Health Counts in Wisconsin
Infant Health 1995
| Wisconsin residents had 67,493 live births in 1995. Almost all births (99
percent) occurred in hospitals. The number of home births was 778. M.D. physicians
attended 93 percent of all resident births, D.O. physicians 3 percent, and certified nurse
midwives 4 percent. The information presented below is drawn from the Wisconsin Resident
Birth and Death Statistical Files maintained by the Center for Health
Statistics.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1995 |
1990 |
1985 |
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67,493 |
72,636 |
73,647 |
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- Crude birth rate (births per 1,000 population):
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13.2 |
14.8 |
15.4 |
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| <20 |
7,110 |
7,410 |
7,488 |
| 20-24 |
14,874 |
17,477 |
22,021 |
| 25-29 |
20,374 |
24,956 |
25,693 |
| 30-34 |
17,442 |
16,626 |
14,170 |
| 35-39 |
6,612 |
5,393 |
3,769 |
| 40+ |
1,074 |
768 |
505 |
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- Birth rates by mother's age (births per 1,000 females in age group):
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| <20 |
38.8 |
43.3 |
39.4 |
| 20-24 |
88.7 |
96.2 |
101.9 |
| 25-29 |
115.4 |
123.7 |
117.3 |
| 30-34 |
85.4 |
78.6 |
67.2 |
| 35-39 |
30.7 |
27.9 |
22.3 |
| 40+ |
5.4 |
4.6 |
3.6 |
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- Percent of births by delivery type:
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| Vaginal delivery |
81% |
80% |
80% |
| Vaginal birth after cesarean |
3% |
3% |
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| Cesarean section |
15% |
18% |
17% |
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RACE ETHNICITY
(Based on race/ethnicity of mother) |
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1995 |
1990 |
1985 |
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| White |
82% |
84% |
89% |
| Black |
10% |
10% |
7% |
| American Indian |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| Lao/Hmong |
2% |
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| Hispanic |
4% |
3% |
1% |
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BIRTHS TO TEENAGERS
(Ages 15-19) |
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1995 |
1990 |
1985 |
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6,928 |
7,262 |
7,365 |
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10% |
10% |
10% |
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NON-MARITAL
BIRTHS |
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1995 |
1990 |
1985 |
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18,420 |
17,615 |
13,346 |
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27% |
24% |
18% |
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- Percent of births that
were non-marital among:
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| White |
20% |
17% |
13% |
| Black |
83% |
81% |
75% |
| American Indian |
68% |
65% |
57% |
| Lao/Hmong |
12% |
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| Hispanic |
45% |
42% |
36% |
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- Percent of births that were non-marital
among mothers <20:
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84% |
80% |
67% |
*There are no comparable 1985 or 1990 data for Laotian/Hmong group. |
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LOW BIRTHWEIGHT
(Less than 2,500 grams or 5.5 pounds) |
| Percent of low birthweight births among: |
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1995 |
1990 |
1985 |
| All births |
6.0% |
5.9% |
5.3% |
| White |
5.1% |
4.9% |
4.6% |
| Black |
13.8% |
14.3% |
13.1% |
| American Indian |
4.7% |
5.4% |
5.1% |
| Lao/Hmong |
6.5% |
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| Hispanic |
6.2% |
6.7% |
6.8% |
| Mothers <20 |
8.9% |
9.3% |
8.4% |
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PRENATAL CARE |
- Percent of births in which prenatal care started in the
first trimester of pregnancy among:
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1995 |
1990 |
1985 |
| All births |
83% |
82% |
83% |
| White |
87% |
86% |
85% |
| Black |
65% |
59% |
64% |
| American Indian |
65% |
64% |
60% |
| Lao/Hmong |
39% |
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| Hispanic |
69% |
66% |
65% |
| Birthweight <2,500 grams |
79% |
74% |
77% |
| Mothers <20 |
66% |
59% |
60% |
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INFANT MORTALITY
(Deaths per 1,000 live births) |
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1995 |
1990 |
1985 |
| Overall infant mortality rate: |
7.3 |
8.4 |
9.2 |
| White |
6.2 |
7.2 |
8.4 |
| Black |
17.9 |
19.7 |
17.5 |
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| Infant mortality rate among births with: |
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| Low birthweight |
69.8 |
74.5 |
91.0 |
| Late or no prenatal care |
16.5 |
21.4 |
19.4 |
| Mothers <20 |
12.0 |
14.6 |
16.4 |
| Maternal smoking |
11.0 |
13.2 |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Resident data. Data in these tables include Wisconsin resident
births and infant deaths, regardless of the state of occurrence. |
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| Sources. Live birth data are from birth certificate statistical
files. Infant death data are from a file of the year's resident infant deaths (death
certificate data) with birth certificate information matched. |
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| Race/Ethnicity. Live births and infant deaths are classified by
race or Hispanic ethnicity of mother, which are birth certificate items. The
race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive; thus Hispanics are not included in any
other race/ethnicity group. Part of the increase in the number of Hispanic births from
1985 to 1990 was due to a birth certificate reporting format change implemented in 1989. |
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| Delivery Type. Information on vaginal birth after cesarean was
first collected in 1989. |
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| Birth rates for age groups. The <20 birth rate is based on the
15-19 population. The 40+ birth rate is based on the 40-44 population. |
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| Infant mortality. The infant mortality rate is the number of
infant deaths per thousand live births. An infant death is a death occurring to a
live-born individual less than one year of age. |
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| Late or no prenatal care. This is defined as prenatal care
started in the third trimester of pregnancy, or no prenatal care. |
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Prepared as part of the Wisconsin
Information for State Health Policy Program
1997 |
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Last Revised:
March 01, 2013
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