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THE STATE OF AMERICA'S HILDREN YEARBOOK 199 8 TABLE B9 Infant Mortality, by Race of Mother, 1995- All races While Black Slale Rale Slate rank' Rale Slale rank' Rale Slale rank' Alabama 9.8% 48 7.1% 38 15.2% 16 Alaska 7.7 29 6.1 17 Arizona 7.5 25 7.2 39 17.0 23 Arkansas 8.8 40 7.2 39 14.3 10 California 6.3 1\ 5.8 8 14.4 1\ Colorado 6.5 12 6.0 12 16.8 22 Connecticut 7.2 19 6.5 28 12.6 4 Delaware 7.5 25 6.0 12 13.1 6 District ofColumbia 16.2 51 19.6 33 Aorida 7.5 25 6.0 12 13.0 5 Georgia 9.4 44 6.5 28 15.1 14 Hawaii 5.8 5 Idaho 6.1 8 5.8 8 Illinois 9.4 44 7.2 39 18.7 32 Indiana 8.4 38 7.3 42 17.5 25 Iowa 8.2 35 7.8 47 Kansas 7.0 17 6.2 19 17.6 27 Kentucky 7.6 28 7.4 45 10.7 2 Louisiana 9.8 48 6.2 19 15.3 17 Maine 6.5 12 6.3 25 Maryland 8.9 41 6.0 12 15.3 17 Massachusetts 5.2 I 4.7 I 9.0 I Michigan 8.3 36 6.2 19 17.3 24 Minnesota 6.7 16 6.0 12 17.6 27 Mississippi 10.5 50 7.0 35 14.7 13 Missouri 7.4 23 6.4 27 13.8 8 Montana 7.0 17 7.0 35 Nebraska 7.4 23 7.3 42 Nevada 5.7 4 5.5 4 New Hampshire 5.5 3 5.5 4 New Jersey 6.6 15 5.3 2 13.3 7 New Mexico 6.2 10 6.1 17 New York 7.7 29 6.2 19 13.9 9 North Carolina 9.2 42 6.7 30 15.9 20 North Dakota 7.2 19 6.7 30 Ohio 8.7 39 7.3 42 17.5 25 Oklahoma 8.3 36 8.0 49 15.1 14 Oregon 6.1 8 5.9 10 Pennsylvania 7.8 32 6.2 19 17.6 27 Rhode Island 7.2 19 7.0 35 South Carolina 9.6 47 6.7 30 14.6 12 South Dakota 9.5 46 7.9 48 Tennessee 9.3 43 6.8 33 17.9 30 Texas 6.5 12 5.9 10 11.7 3 Utah 5.4 2 5.3 2 Vermont 6.0 7 6.2 19 Virginia 7.8 32 5.7 7 15.3 17 Washington 5.9 6 5.6 6 16.2 21 West Virginia 7.9 34 7.6 46 Wisconsin 7.3 22 6.3 25 18.6 31 Wyoming 7.7 29 6.8 33 United States 7.6 6.3 15.1 'Infant deaths (before age I) per 1,000 live births. •• Number too small to calculate a reliable rate. a. States are ranked from lowest to highest rate. Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. Calculations by Children's Defense Fund. 116 CHILDRE 'S DEFENSE FUND
CHILDREN I N THE STATES TABLE 810 Health Insurance Coverage and Immunization Status of Children Children lacking insurance Children covered by 19- to 35-month-old children throughout the year, 1994-96' Medicaid, FY 1996 b fully immunized, 1996' State Number Percent State rank d Number Percent Percent State rank' Alabama 179,000 15.1% 37 357,152 27.1% 75% 36 Alaska 22,000 10.8 20 52,497 23.8 69 49 Arizona 281,000 22.4 49 454,952 32.8 70 45 Arkansas 139,000 19.3 46 199,713 25.0 72 42 California 1,804,000 18.7 44 3,682,510 34.8 76 32 Colorado 161,000 14.9 35 208,303 17.4 76 32 Connecticut 90,000 10.6 18 212,762 23.0 87 I Delaware 24,000 12.7 27 56,946 26.9 80 10 District ofColumbia 19,000 15.7 40 80,335 58.9 78 20 Florida 652,000 17.5 42 1,245,241 30.5 77 23 Georgia 329,000 15.4 39 771,308 32.8 80 10 Hawaii 22,000 6.7 2 21,943 5.9 77 23 Idaho 51,000 13.4 28 82,762 19.5 66 50 Illinois 332,000 9.8 12 1,109,535 29.9 75 36 Indiana 180,000 11.2 23 360,442 20.3 70 45 Iowa 88,000 11.4 25 171,964 20.1 80 10 Kansas 76,000 10.3 17 161,121 19.8 73 40 Kentucky 160,000 15.0 36 348,045 29.3 76 32 Louisiana 277,000 20.3 47 466,503 31.0 79 15 Maine 45,000 14.0 32 96,652 27.3 85 3 Maryland 158,000 11.3 24 320,632 21.0 78 20 Massachusetts 141,000 9.3 8 419,973 25.3 86 2 Michigan 220,000 8.1 6 805,828 26.9 74 38 Minnesota 94,000 7.1 4 369,339 25.4 83 7 Mississippi 156,000 18.6 43 318,420 34.3 79 15 Missouri 184,000 12.3 26 468,126 28.5 74 38 Montana 27,000 10.7 19 58,925 20.7 77 23 Nebraska 45,000 9.4 10 111,327 21.2 80 10 Nevada 86,000 19.1 45 91,112 18.7 70 45 New Hampshire 32,000 10.2 14 60,418 17.7 83 7 New Jersey 295,000 13.9 30 465,523 20.1 77 23 New Mexico 126,000 22.9 50 224,007 37.1 79 15 New York 680,000 13.9 30 1,753,424 32.6 79 15 North Carolina 284,000 14.2 34 644,270 29.2 77 23 North Dakota 14,000 7.9 5 34,868 17.2 81 9 Ohio 309,000 10.1 13 877,582 26.0 77 23 Oklahoma 201,000 20.8 48 253,374 23.7 73 40 Oregon 123,000 14.0 32 170,906 17.6 70 45 Pennsylvania 288,000 9.3 8 936,185 27.5 79 15 Rhode Island 24,000 9.7 II 76,001 27.7 85 3 South Carolina 174,000 16.8 41 313,790 27.3 84 6 South Dakota 19,000 8.5 7 54,018 22.1 80 10 Tennessee 219,000 15.1 37 633,961 39.6 77 23 Texas 1,440,000 24.1 51 1,847,355 28.1 72 42 Utah 75,000 10.2 14 128,353 15.6 63 51 Vermont 11,000 7.0 3 61,559 35.6 85 3 Virginia 197,000 11.0 21 439,778 22.2 77 23 Washington 171,000 11.0 21 543,411 31.6 78 20 West Virginia 47,000 10.2 14 261,343 50.0 71 44 Wisconsin 92,000 6.4 I 334,921 21.1 76 32 Wyoming 20,000 13.4 28 35,153 21.5 77 23 United States 11,300,000 15.1 23,254,568 28.0 77 a. Averages ofthe number and percentage of uninsured children under age 18 from 1994 through 1996 for states, and for 1996 for the United States. b. Includes any persons under age 21 enrolled in Medicaid for any length oftime in FY 1996. c. Four or more doses of DPT or DT, three or more doses of poliovirus vaccine, one or more doses ofany measles-containing vaccine, and three or more doses of Hib vaccine, d. States are ranked from lowest to highest percentage ofchildren lacking insurance. e. States are ranked from highest to lowest percentage of immunized children. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Calculations by Children's Defense Fund. CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND 117
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