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Infant Mortality | Births/Deaths by County

The Voices for Children Infant Mortality page has 2 sections for data for Births by County and Deaths by County. Users should continue to scroll down the page – until the Newsletter Sign-Up in the website footer – to view all the data disaggregated by Birth/Death.

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Filters – Each data visualization for Births/Deaths is set to default with all data. In order to specify the LOCATION, SEX, RACE/ETHNICITY, and AGE, use the FILTER item. At default, the filters say “nothing selected”. To select a filter, click the small, grey arrow to the right of the “nothing selected” title. There, a drop-down menu will appear. Select ONE OR  MORE  options in the drop-down menu. To CLEAR filtered selections, click the “Clear Filters” box. The data table will also be filtered. To SORT (A-Z) the data in the table, one would use the small arrow to the right of the column title.

Export Options – There are FIVE ICONS above the table: Print, Excel, CSV. Copy, and PDF. These are export options. The data will be exported with user filters. For the complete data set, click the “clear filters” button.

2023 Preterm Births by County (less than 37 weeks gestation)

2022 Preterm Births by County (less than 37 weeks gestation)

2021 Preterm Births by County (less than 37 weeks gestation)

2020 Preterm Births by County (less than 37 weeks gestation)

2015-2019 Preterm Births by County (less than 37 weeks gestation)

ND = Not displayed when count < 10, data or population is not available, or population estimate < 10. Rates or percentages based on small numbers are considered unreliable for analysis.
Note: A rate or percentage that appears in red for a county denotes a significantly higher value compared to Pennsylvania. A blue rate or percentage denotes a significantly lower value.
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Health Informatics; Pennsylvania Birth Certificate Dataset.
Disclaimer: If you use any of the data provided, please include the following statement in any publication or release: “These data were provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Department specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions.”

Infant Deaths by County

Infant mortality includes the number of deaths of children under one year of age (infants) in a year. This can be grouped by neonatal (<28 days) and post neonatal (28-364 days). Race/ethnicity includes White, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, Multi-race and Hispanic.

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Enterprise Data Dissemination Informatics Exchange (EDDIE); Pennsylvania Death Certificate Dataset.

Percentage values are based on combined population totals for the 4 counties represented (Delaware, Bucks, Chester and Montgomery). Values do not filter in table.

These data were provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Department specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions.