Reports & Stats

Genesee County, Michigan Infant Vital Statistics — 1999 through 2009

NUMBER OF INFANT DEATHS
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
African American	44	37	33	36	37	38	24	29	31	25	32
White	34	38	25	44	34	38	27	30	24	20	19
Other	3	3	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	0
TOTAL	81	78	59	81	71	77	53	61	57	46	51

NUMBER OF LIVE BIRTHS
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
African American	1869	1708	1670	1636	1627	1671	1575	1651	1697	1632	1575
White	4578	4537	4533	4461	4529	4426	4315	4345	4145	3893	3672
Other	92	113	118	99	108	113	96	79	191	165	165
TOTAL	6539	6358	6321	6196	6264	6210	5986	6075	6033	5686	5412

INFANT DEATH RATES per 1,000 live births
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Michigan (All)	8	8.2	8	8.1	8.5	7.6	7.9	7.4	8	7.4	7.5
Genesee County African American	23.5	21.7	19.8	22.0	22.7	22.7	15.2	17.6	18.3	15.3	20.3
Genesee County White	7.4	8.4	5.5	9.9	7.5	8.6	6.3	6.9	5.8	5.1	5.3
Flint African American	21.6	21.6	18.8	23.1	22.2	24.2	13	18	13.6	12.4	18.9
Flint White	6.7	6.7	*	12.2	6.4	5.5	9.7	*	*	6.4	*
NOTE: Flint White deaths in 2001 and 2006 were less than 6; rates cannot be reliably calculated Source: Michigan Department of Community Health, Vital Records & Health Data Development Section.*

Last update: 09/20/2010