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Indicator Profile of Postneonatal Mortality RateWhy Is This Important?Postneonatal mortality is an important indicator of infant and maternal health status and medical care (pre and post delivery), as well as a measure of how certain behavioral factors affect infant health.Data Notes** The number of deaths is too small to calculate a reliable rate. The fetus and young child may be particularly susceptible to harmful effects of environmental contaminants. However specific health effects that may be attributable to environmental exposures are not well understood, and evidence is often contradictory. For this reason, it is useful to track indicators of overall childhood health in a population -- such as mortality -- as part of an Environmental Public Health Tracking system.Data SourcesNew Jersey Birth Certificate Database, Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registration, New Jersey Department of Health; Linked Infant Death-Birth Database, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health;Other Graphical Views
DefinitionRate of death occurring from 28 days to 1 year of age in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same yearInfant mortality is death within the first year of life. This is divided into two components: death before the 28th day of life is neonatal mortality; death between 28 days and one year is postneonatal mortality. How We Calculated the Rates
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