NUMBER OF INFANT DEATHS (go to Chart)
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
African American
44
37
33
36
38
24
29
White
34
25
27
30
Other
3
1
0
2
TOTAL
81
78
59
71
77
53
61
NUMBER OF LIVE BIRTHS (go to Chart)
4578
4537
4533
4461
4529
4426
4315
4345
92
113
118
99
108
96
79
6539
6358
6321
6196
6264
6210
5986
6075
INFANT DEATH RATES per 1,000 live births (go to Chart)
Michigan (All)
8
8.2
8.1
8.5
7.6
7.9
7.4
Genesee County African American
23.5
21.7
19.8
22.0
22.7
15.2
17.6
Genesee County White
8.4
5.5
9.9
7.5
8.6
6.3
6.9
Flint African American
21.6
18.8
23.1
22.2
24.2
13
18
Flint White
6.7
*
12.2
6.4
9.7
32.6
26.5
10.1
0.0
8.8
20.8
25.3
*NOTE: Flint White deaths in 2001 and 2006 were less than 6; rates cannot be reliably calculated
