Kids Matter!

A Status Report on the Well-Being of Children and Youth in Chatham County, Georgia

• Introduction
• Overview
• Executive Summary
• HEALTHY CHILDREN
  • Low Birth Weight Births
  • Very Low Birth Weight Births
  • Infant Mortality
  • Teen Births
  • Teen Pregnancy
  • Repeat Teen Pregnancy
  • Teen Violent Deaths & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• CHILDREN READY FOR & SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOL
  • Over Age 3rd Grade
  • Over Age 5th Grade
  • Over Age 9th Grade
  • System Wide Out of School Suspensions
  • 5th Grade Out of School Suspensions
  • 7th and 9th Grade Out of School Suspensions
  • Truancy
  • Dropouts
  • Graduation Rate
  • Post-Secondary and Technical/Vocational
• STRONG FAMILIES & NEIGHBORHOODS
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Out of Home Placement
  • Juvenile Court
  • Department of Juvenile Justice
  • Juvenile Arrests
• SELF-SUFFICIENT FAMILIES
  • Poverty/Free or Reduced Cost School Lunch/Household Income/Self-Sufficiency
• Data Sources & Acknowledgements

Kids Matter! - 2008

HEALTHY CHILDREN

Infant Mortality

Total infant mortality rates (IMR) have fluctuated over the past six years. The IMR in 2007 is lower than observed in recent years. There were 35 infant deaths, resulting in an IMR of 8.7 per 1,000 infants. It is not possible to infer from this single year's data whether or not this might reflect a trend of improvement in infant mortality rates. The IMR for Black infants continues to be almost twice as high when compared to Whites or Hispanics.

Definition: Infant Mortality Rate is defined as the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births. In Chatham County, there were 4,012 births to all mothers in 2007. Of this number, there were 35 infant deaths, resulting in an Infant Mortality Rate of 8.7 per 1,000.

Formula: Infant Mortality Rate: ((Total infant deaths / Total infant births) X 1000)