Ratio: Percentage of live-born infants delivered with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams (about 5 lbs, 8 oz).

Definition: Number of live-born infants with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams born to resident mothers among all live births occurring in the same year.

Data Sources; (1) New Jersey Birth Certificate Database, (2) National Center for Health Statistics

Ratio: Percentage of mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Definition: Number of resident mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Data Sources:

1) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System;

2) Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology; Division of Family Health Services; New Jersey Department of Health

2) US Breastfeeding Report Card, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Rate: Number of deaths occurring in infants under 1 year of age in a given year per 1,000 live births.

Definition: Rate of death occurring under 1 year of age in a given year per 1,000 live births to resident mothers in the same year.

Data Sources: (1) New Jersey Birth Certificate Database, (2) Linked Infant Death-Birth Database, New Jersey

History:
MAR 2014
- 2020 target based on 2007 data.

MAR 2017
- Baseline year changed from 2007 to 2010.
- 2020 targets modified to reflect a 10% improvement over 2010 baseline for total population and all racial/ethnic groups

Ratio: Percent of children receiving recommended doses of hepatitis B vaccine 0 - 3 days from birth.

Definition: Percentage of young children who received effective vaccination coverage levels for universally recommended vaccines by a given age; hepatitis B between 0 and 3 days old.

Data Source: National Immunization Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HISTORY
*The 2011 rates was changed from 47.0% to 47.3% in May of 2015

Ratio: Percentage of live-born infants delivered with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams (about 5 lbs, 8 oz).

Definition: Number of live-born infants with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams born to resident mothers among all live births occurring in the same year.

Data Sources; (1) New Jersey Birth Certificate Database, (2) National Center for Health Statistics

Ratio: Percent of children receiving recommended doses of hepatitis B vaccine 0 - 3 days from birth.

Definition: Percentage of young children who received effective vaccination coverage levels for universally recommended vaccines by a given age; hepatitis B between 0 and 3 days old.

Data Source: National Immunization Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HISTORY
*The 2011 rates was changed from 47.0% to 47.3% in May of 2015

Ratio: Percentage of mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Definition: Number of resident mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Data Sources:

1) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System;

2) Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology; Division of Family Health Services; New Jersey Department of Health

2) US Breastfeeding Report Card, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Ratio: Percent of live births whose mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy.

Definition: Self-reported use of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy. Denominator includes mothers with unknown alcohol use status (approx. 5% of birth records).

Source: Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health