TABLE 2.

Percentage Distribution of Live Births and Infant Deaths According to Gestation for Plurality and Race, 1989–1991 and 1999–2001

Gestational Age and Years	Live Births									Infant Deaths
	All Pluralities			Singletons			Multiples			All Pluralities			Singletons			Multiples
	All	White	Black	All	White	Black	All	White	Black	All	White	Black	All	White	Black	All	White	Black
20–24 wk
1989–1991	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.9	1.5	3.6	23.8	20.4	32.5	21.2	17.5	30.2	45.6	43.2	51.6
1999–2001	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.9	1.6	3.6	30.9	27.2	40.4	27.1	22.9	37.5	54.9	53.3	59.7
25–28 wk
1989–1991	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	3.1	2.7	5.0	13.1	12.4	15.1	11.7	10.8	14.0	24.9	25.4	23.8
1999–2001	0.5	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.9	3.5	3.2	5.3	12.1	11.5	13.4	10.8	10.0	12.7	20.0	20.7	18.5
29–32 wk
1989–1991	1.0	0.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.8	8.4	7.8	11.2	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.7	6.7	6.8	9.1	9.5	8.2
1999–2001	1.2	1.0	2.0	0.9	0.7	1.7	10.3	10.1	11.7	6.3	6.5	5.7	6.0	6.2	5.6	8.1	8.5	6.7
33–36 wk
1989–1991	7.5	6.5	12.3	6.8	5.8	11.6	34.9	35.0	34.8	12.3	12.5	11.8	12.5	12.6	12.1	11.0	11.7	9.3
1999–2001	8.6	8.0	11.7	7.4	6.8	10.7	42.7	43.4	40.2	12.2	13.0	10.1	12.6	13.4	10.3	10.1	10.6	8.4
37–40 wk
1989–1991	67.0	67.2	64.8	67.5	67.7	65.5	47.2	48.6	40.3	33.0	35.7	25.8	35.9	39.0	28.2	8.2	9.0	5.8
1999–2001	72.7	73.1	69.5	73.8	74.3	70.7	39.0	39.3	36.3	31.8	34.4	25.0	35.8	39.1	27.8	6.4	6.4	6.2
41–43 wk
1989–1991	23.8	25.0	19.2	24.3	25.5	19.6	4.5	4.4	5.1	10.8	12.0	7.8	11.9	13.4	8.6	1.1	1.0	1.2
1999–2001	16.8	17.3	15.1	17.3	17.8	15.6	2.5	2.4	2.9	6.7	7.3	5.3	7.7	8.4	6.1	0.5	0.5	0.5