Quick Reference to Indicator Rates

Preconception

Term

Definition

Births to females by age of mother

Percent of total live births

STDS (Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis)

per 100,000 females 15-44

Births to females with less than 12 years of education

Percent of total live births

Mother >=20 percent overweight for height

Percent of total live births with known pre-pregnancy weight and height

Mother >15 percent underweight for height

Percent of total live births with known pre-pregnancy weight and height

Total live births and fertility rate

Rate per 1,000 females ages 15-44

Live Births – 5 year change

Percent change

Fertility rate – 5 year change

Percent change in rate

Teen Fertility Rate Under Age 18

Per 1,000 females 15-17

Teen Pregnancy Rate Under Age 18

Per 1,000 females 15-17

Repeat Births Under Age 20

Percent of total live births

Out-of-wedlock births

Percent of total live births

Spacing less than 18 months

Percent of second and higher order births with known spacing

Parity 4 +

Percent of total live births

Induced Abortions

Ratio per 1,000 live births

Repeat Abortions

Percent of total abortions

Induced Abortions to females <18

Percent of pregnancies to females under 18

Unintended deliveries

Percent of total live births plus fetal deaths

Prenatal

Term

Definition

Care Began First Trimester

Percent of total live births with known month prenatal care began

Late care (2nd/3rd Trimester)

Percent of total live births with known month prenatal care began

No care

Percent of total live births with known month prenatal care began

Inadequate prenatal care

Percent of total live births with known adequacy of care

Prenatal Medicaid participation

Percent of total live births with known Medicaid status

Prenatal WIC participants

Percent of total live births with known WIC status

Prenatal Food Stamps participation

Percent of total live births with known Food Stamps status

Weight gain <15 pounds full-term singletons

Percent of full-term singleton live births with known weight gain/loss

Weight gain >=45 pounds full-term singletons

Percent of full-term singleton live births with known weight gain/loss

Mother smoking

Percent of total live births

Delivery

Term

Definition

Non-Hospital Deliveries

Rate per 1,000 live births

High risk not delivered in obstetric level II/III

Percent high risk deliveries born in Missouri

Cesarean deliveries

Percent of total live births

VBAC

Percent of (repeat Cesarean+VBAC)

Fetal deaths

Rate per 1,000 (live births plus fetal deaths)

Known Pregnancies

Total number of known deliveries+induced abortions

Healthy Live Births/(Known Pregnancies)

Percent of total known pregnancies

Healthy Live Births/(Live Births+Fetal Deaths)

Percent of total known deliveries(live births+fetal deaths)

Abortions/Known Pregnancies

Percent of total known pregnancies

Morbidity

Term

Definition

Premature <37 weeks gestation

Percent of total live births with known gestational age

Low birth weight <2500 grams

Percent of total live births

Low Birth Weight & Term

Percent of total term live births

Very low birth weight <1500 grams

Percent of total live births

Small for gestational age

Percent of total singleton live births with known gestational age

Birth Defects

Rate per 10,000 live births

Neural Tube Defects

Rate per 10,000 live births

Utilization

Term

Definition

Very Low Birth Weight Care for in Level III Centers

Percent of very low birth weight born in Missouri

Infants Participating in WIC

Percent of total live births

Infants on Medicaid

Percent of total live births

Mortality

Term

Definition

Neonatal Deaths

Rate per 1,000 live births

Perinatal Deaths

Rate per 1,000 (live births plus fetal deaths)

Postneonatal deaths

Rate per 1,000 live births

Infant deaths

Rate per 1,000 live births

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(SIDS)

Rate per 1,000 live births