Very Low Birth Weight and Perinatal Periods of Risk: Disparities in St. Louis

Table 1

Fetal-Infant Mortality Rates (FIMR; per 1000 live births and fetal deaths) and excess deaths by risk period and population characteristics, St. Louis City and County, Missouri, 2000–2009.

	FIMR					Numbers
	Maternal Health/Prematurity	Maternal Care	Newborn Care	Infant Health	Total	Feto-infant deaths	Fetal deaths-live births
All	4.5	2.4	1.2	2.2	10.3	1,644	160,189
Time
2000–2004	4.6	2.7	1.3	2.2	10.8	880	81,529
2005–2009	4.3	2.0	1.2	2.2	9.7	764	78,660
County
St. Louis County	4.0	2.0	1.1	1.9	9.1	1,009	111,462
St. Louis City	5.5	3.1	1.4	3.0	13.0	635	48,727
Race
White	2.3	1.4	0.9	1.2	5.8	536	92,696
Black	7.4	3.7	1.7	3.6	16.4	1,108	67,493
US Reference, 2000–2002	2.2	1.5	1.1	0.9	5.7
Excess deaths versus US Reference, 2000–2002
All	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.3	4.6	731	160,189
2000–2004	2.4	1.2	0.2	1.3	5.1	415	81,529
2005–2009	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.3	4.0	316	78,660
St. Louis County	1.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.4	374	111,462
St. Louis City	3.3	1.6	0.3	2.1	7.3	357	48,727
White	0.1	−0.1	−0.2	0.3	0.1	8	92,696
Black	5.2	2.2	0.6	2.7	10.7	723	67,493