Directory of NJEPHT Program Birth and Infant Health Outcome Indicators

Prematurity

• Pre-Term Births (births before 37 weeks of gestation)
• Very Pre-Term Births (births before 32 weeks of gestation)

Low Birth Weight

• Low Birth Weight Among Singleton Term Births (less than 2,500 grams)
• Very Low Birth Weight Among Singleton Births (less than 1,500 grams)

Mortality

• Infant Mortality (death before the first birthday)
• Neonatal Mortality (death between birth and 28 days of age)
• Postneonatal Mortality (death between 28 days and 1 year of age)
• Perinatal Mortality (death after 28 weeks of gestation and before 7 days of age)

Fertility

• Total Fertility Rate (number of children born per 1,000 women of reproductive age)

Sex Ratio         

• Sex Ratio Among Singleton Births (ratio of male to female births)
                  

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