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. 2014 Sep;104(9):e62–e70. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301969

TABLE 2—

Infant Survival Probabilities of Infants With Critical and Noncritical Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) by Selected Maternal and Infant Characteristics: Florida, 1998–2007

Critical CHDs
Noncritical CHDs
All CHDs
No. of Births No. of Deaths Survival Probabilities, % (95% CI) Pa No. of Births No. of Deaths Survival Probabilities, % (95% CI)a Pa No. of Births No. of Deaths Survival Probabilities, % (95% CI)a Pa
Total 3683 541 85.3 (84.1, 86.4) 39 728 902 97.7 (97.6, 97.9) 43 411 1443 96.7 (96.5, 96.8)
Mother’s race/ethnicity < .001 < .001 < .001
 White 1970 266 88.5 (84.9, 87.9) 16 654 378 97.7 (97.5, 97.9) 18 624 644 96.5 (96.3, 96.8)
 Black 813 167 79.5 (76.5, 82.1) 10 045 345 96.6 (96.2, 96.9) 10 858 512 95.3 (94.9, 95.7)
 Hispanic 800 91 86.6 (85.0, 88.0) 11 803 153 98.7 (98.5, 98.9) 12 603 244 98.1 (97.8, 98.3)
 Other 92 17 81.5 (72.0, 88.1) 1084 20 98.2 (97.2, 98.8) 1176 37 96.9 (95.7, 97.7)
Maternal nativity .99 < .001 < .001
 United States 2780 406 85.4 (84.0, 86.6) 27319 687 97.5 (97.3, 97.7) 30 211 1099 96.4 (96.1, 96.6)
 Foreign 898 132 85.3 (82.8, 87.4) 12 223 199 98.4 (98.1, 98.6) 13 161 332 97.5 (97.2, 97.7)
Maternal age, y .31 < .001
 < 24 1306 207 84.2 (82.1, 86.1) 13 402 395 97.1 (96.8, 97.4) 14 706 602 95.9 (95.6, 96.2)
 25–34 1767 253 85.7 (84.0, 87.3) 19 274 353 98.2 (98.0, 98.4) 21 041 606 97.1 (96.9, 97.3)
 ≥ 35 610 81 86.7 (83.7, 89.1) 7052 154 97.8 (97.5, 98.1) 7662 235 96.9 (96.5, 97.3)
Maternal education .1 < .001 < .001
 < 12 y 790 131 83.4 (80.6, 85.8) 7400 231 96.9 (96.5, 97.3) 8190 362 95.6 (95.1, 96.0)
 HS or GED 1225 186 84.8 (82.7, 86.7) 13 518 336 97.5 (97.3, 97.8) 14 743 522 96.5 (96.1, 96.7)
 ≥ some college 1641 218 86.7 (84.9, 88.2) 18 569 321 98.3 (98.1, 98.5) 20 210 539 97.3 (97.1, 97.5)
WICb .04 < .001 < .001
 No 759 110 85.5 (82.8, 87.8) 11 239 216 98.1 (97.8, 98.3) 12 019 301 97.5 (97.2, 97.8)
 Yes 780 85 89.1 (86.7, 91.1) 8225 220 97.3 (97.0, 97.7) 8984 330 96.3 (95.9, 96.7)
Infant sex .1 .39 .33
 Male 2130 295 86.2 (84.7, 87.6) 20 763 484 97.7 (97.5, 97.9) 22 893 779 96.6 (96.4, 96.8)
 Female 1553 246 84.2 (82.3, 86.0) 18 965 418 97.8 (97.6, 98.0) 20 518 664 96.8 (96.5, 97.0)
Birth weight, g < .001 < .001 < .001
 < 1500 154 50 67.5 (59.5, 74.4) 3479 329 90.5 (89.5, 91.5) 3633 379 89.6 (88.5, 90.5)
 1500–2499 564 137 75.7 (72.0, 79.0) 5271 214 95.9 (95.4, 96.4) 5835 351 94.0 (93.3, 94.6)
 ≥ 2500 2964 354 88.1 (86.9, 89.2) 30 996 357 98.9 (98.7, 99.0) 33 930 711 97.9 (97.7, 98.1)
Gestational age, wk < .001 < .001 < .001
 20–31 162 62 62.6 (54.8, 69.6) 3787 318 91.6 (90.7, 92.4) 3953 380 90.4 (89.4, 91.3)
 32–36 577 116 79.9 (76.4, 82.9) 7257 219 97.0 (96.6, 97.4) 7834 335 95.7 (95.3, 96.2)
 37–44 2940 363 87.7 (86.4, 88.8) 28 683 365 98.7 (98.6, 98.9) 31 623 728 97.7 (97.5, 97.9)
Plurality .52 .001 < .001
 Singleton 3567 522 85.4 (84.2, 86.5) 38 595 851 97.8 (97.6, 97.9) 42 343 1388 96.7 (96.5, 96.9)
 Multiple 115 19 83.5 (75.3, 89.1) 947 35 93.3 (94.9, 97.3) 1067 55 94.8 (93.3, 96.0)
Additional defects .002 < .001 < .001
 No 3257 453 86.1 (84.9, 87.2) 37 437 663 98.2 (98.1, 98.4) 40 694 1116 97.3 (97.1, 97.4)
 Yes 426 88 79.3 (75.1, 82.8) 2291 239 89.6 (88.2, 90.8) 2717 327 88.0 (86.7, 89.1)
Prenatal care .05 < .001 < .001
 Inadequate 3027 421 86.1 (84.8, 87.3) 32 886 656 98.0 (97.8, 98.2) 35 913 624 95.6 (94.9, 96.2)
 Adequate 378 67 82.3 (78.0, 85.8) 2446 118 96.9 (96.3, 97.4) 2824 638 97.0 (96.8, 97.2)
NICU levelc < .001 < .001 < .001
 I 338 22 93.5 (90.3, 95.7) 4685 34 99.3 (99.0, 99.5) 5023 56 98.9 (98.6, 99.1)
 II 422 24 94.3 (91.7, 96.2) 10 585 85 99.2 (99.0, 99.4) 11 007 109 99.0 (98.8, 99.2)
 III 2919 494 83.1 (81.7, 84.4) 24 399 783 96.8 (96.6, 97.0) 27 318 1277 95.3 (95.1, 95.6)
Payer status .03 < .001 < .001
 Private only 1492 207 86.1 (84.3, 87.8) 18 520 321 98.3 (98.1, 98.4) 20 012 528 97.4 (97.1, 97.6)
 Public only 1706 275 83.9 (82.1, 85.6) 17 508 484 97.2 (97.0, 97.5) 19 214 759 96.1 (95.8, 96.3)
 Uninsured 30 7 76.7 (57.2, 88.1) 1399 30 97.9 (96.9, 98.5) 1429 37 97.4 (96.4, 98.1)
 Combination 455 52 88.6 (85.2, 91.1) 2301 67 97.1 (96.3, 97.7) 2756 119 95.7 (94.9, 96.4)

Note. CI = confidence interval; GED = general equivalency diploma; HS = high school; NICU = neonatal intensive care unit; WIC = Women, Infants, and Children.

a

χ2 test of homogeneity across strata (α = 0.05).

b

Enrollment in Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

c

Level of neonatal care at the birth hospital.

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