TABLE 1—
Native Hawaiian and White Infant Mortality Rates by Age at Death: Hawai’i, 2002–2009
| Deaths |
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| Age at Death | Native Hawaiians,a No. (No./1000 Live Births) | Whites,b No. (No./1000 Live Births) | RR (95% CI) | Rate Difference (95% CI) | Excess Infant Deaths,c % |
| Neonatal (0–27 d) | 206 (5.0) | 95 (2.8) | 1.8 (1.4, 2.3) | 2.2 (1.3, 3.1) | 50.8 |
| Postneonatal (28–364 d) | 117 (2.9) | 24 (0.7) | 4.0 (2.6, 6.2) | 2.1 (1.6, 2.7) | 49.2 |
| Total | 323 (7.9) | 119 (3.5) | 2.2 (1.8, 2.2) | 4.4 (3.3, 5.4) | 100.0 |
Note. CI = confidence interval; RR = rate ratio.
a
Among 40 917 births.
b
Among 33 683 births.
c
Calculated as the age-specific rate difference divided by the total rate difference.