PPOR Data Reporting Issues:

2010 - 2012 FIMR Values:

Please interpret with caution. There was known underreporting of infant deaths in 2010, and suspected underreporting of infant deaths and possibly fetal deaths during the time periods that would affect these FIMR values.

PPOR/Feto-Infant Mortality:

On 4/25/2018, the lower limit for inclusion of births and fetal deaths was lowered from 500 grams to 200 grams. This has the effect of including more fetal death and linked live birth/infant death records. Doing so is more representative of actual feto-infant mortality. Compared with previous figures, this change has the effect of changing the feto-infant mortality number and rate from 1,351 and 10.3 respectively in 2015, to 1,912 and 14.5 after the adjustment.

Also the cells that comprise Newborn Care were updated to include late neonatal deaths of 2,500+ grams (formerly part of Infant Care). Infant Care therefore now includes less events.

Content Version 4/25/2018