Maternal & Child Health Indicators Licking County
	2004		3 Year Avg.		State 3 Year Avg.	HP2010
	#	Rate	Rate	Ranking*	Rate	Goal	Met?
Access to health care - prenatal care in first trimester 1	1,782	91.6	92.4		87.8	90.0
Rate of adolescent births (ages 15-17) 2	71	21.6	20.6		19.7	N/A
Very low birth weight, all births 1	29	1.4	1.2		1.6	0.9
Very low birth weight, singleton births 3	18	0.9	0.9		1.2	N/A
Very low birth weight infants delivered at level III facilities 4	16	55.2	57.9		70.5	N/A
Perinatal mortality rate 5	16	7.7	6.3		6.8	4.5
Ratio of black to white perinatal mortality rate 6	N/A	0.0	1.0		2.1	1.0
Infant mortality rate 7	17	8.2	7.6		7.8	4.5
Neonatal mortality rate 8	10	4.8	5.0		5.3	2.9
Postneonatal mortality rate 9	7	3.4	2.6		2.5	1.2
Child death rate (1-14 years) 10	9	31.0	23.0		19.7	N/A
Child motor vehicle crash death rate (ages 1-14 years) 11	1	3.4	3.4		3.1	N/A
Least preferred level
Average level
Preferred level
HP2010 goal met
1 Rate based on percent of all births.
2 Number of births to mothers ages 15-17 per 1,000 females ages 15-17.
3 Rate based on percent of all singleton births.
4 Rate based on percent of all VLBW babies born inside Ohio.
5 Number of late fetal deaths (28 wks+ gestation) plus infant deaths within 7 days of birth per 1,000 live births plus late fetal deaths.
6 Black perinatal mortality rate divided by white perinatal mortality rate.
7 Number of deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births.
8 Number of deaths under 28 days of age per 1,000 live births.
9 Number of deaths 28 days to 11 months of age per 1,000 live births.
10 Number of child deaths ages 1-14 per 100,000 children ages 1-14.
11 Number of child motor vehicle crash deaths ages 1-14 per 100,000 children ages 1-14.
*Rank based on distribution of Ohio county data.
*** Cell value blinded to protect confidentiality (denominator-numerator < 10)
Last updated 3/23/2007