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MCH INDICATORS BY HEALTH CENTER DISTRICTS 2000
Health Center Districts
Year
Health Status Indicators
Low Birth weight %
Late or no Access
to Prenatal Care %
# of Infant Deaths & Rate
IMR (Deaths per 1000 live births)
Prematurity %
Bedford
2002
(28) 7.6
 
2001
(32) 10.0
 
2000
10.7
9.7
(36) 9.4
16.1
Brownsville
2002
(53) 10.9
 
2001
(40) 8.0
 
2000
10.3
7.9
(47) 9.6
15.7
Bushwick
2002
(25) 6.9
 
2001
(27) 7.4
 
2000
8.4
8.7
(27) 7.3
14.1
Flatbush
2002
(51) 6.7
 
2001
(64) 7.4
 
2000
9.0
7.1
(67) 7.7
12.2
Fort Greene
2002
(29) 13.9
 
2001
(14) 6.5
 
2000
10.6
7.8
(23) 10.6
13.8
NYC
2002
6.0
 
2001
6.1
 
2000
8.3
6.3
6.7
11.9

Top 5 BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DISTRICTS (RANKED BY NUMBERS AND RATE OF INFANT DEATH*) 2000 (& 2001) IN THE CITY

IMR Ranking in NYC 2000   
IMR Ranking in NYC2001
Community District Number
Community District
No. of Infant Deaths 2000
IMR Rate 2000
No. of Infant Deaths 2001
MR Rate 2001
1
2
16
Brownsville
20
12.9
19
12.7
        
2
7
3

Bedford Stuyvesant

26
11.3
21
9
3
4
8
Crown Heights
16
10.6
18
11.7
4
5
17
Flatbush East
27
10.2
30
11.3
-
9
14
Flatbush Midwood
17
5.6
24
7.9
6
-
2

Ft. Green

11
10.0
6
5.5
-
-
New York City
-
839
6.7
760
6.1

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Vital Statistics
Note: Brooklyn has had at least 3 of the top 5 highest CD IMR for many years.
In 2002 Fort Greene (health district) rose to the #1 rank with an IMRI of 13.9, i.e., 210% of NYC.
Compliments of:  Brooklyn Perinatal Network and The Brooklyn Task Force on Infant and Maternal Mortality and Family Health c/o BPN (718) 643-8258

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