TABLE 1—

Absolute and Annual Percentage Change in Infant Mortality Rate by Subgroup: Wisconsin, 1999–2001 to 2014–2016

	1999–2001		2014–2016
	Deaths, No.	Mortality Rate per 1000 Births (95% CI)	Deaths, No.	Mortality Rate per 1000 Births (95% CI)	Absolute Rate Change	AAPC %/year (95% CI)
Wisconsin, total	1404	6.8 (6.4, 7.2)	1179	5.9 (5.5, 6.2)	−0.9	−1.1 (−1.3, −0.8)
Race
White	931	5.7 (5.3, 6.0)	698	4.8 (4.5, 5.2)	−0.9	−1.9 (−3.3, −0.6)
Black	325	16.8 (15.0, 18.6)	273	13.9 (12.3, 15.5)	−2.9	−1.5 (−3.1, 0.1)
Education
≥ some college	504	4.7 (4.3, 5.1)	620	4.8 (4.4, 5.2)	0.1	0.1 (−0.2, 0.5)
≤ high school	877	9.0 (8.4, 9.5)	532	7.5 (6.9, 8.2)	−1.7	−1.1 (−1.4, −0.8)
Race by education
White: ≥ some college	416	4.3 (3.9, 4.7)	427	4.0 (3.6, 4.4)	−0.3	−0.6 (−0.9, −0.3)
White: ≤ high school	503	7.5 (6.9, 8.2)	257	6.7 (5.9, 7.5)	−1.2	−1.1 (−2.5, 0.4)
Black: ≥ some college	66	14.2 (10.8, 17.6)	102	13.6 (11.0, 16.2)	−0.6	−0.1 (−3.0, 2.9)
Black: ≤ high school	251	17.1 (15.0, 19.2)	164	13.7 (11.6, 15.8)	−3.4	−2.0 (−3.9, −0.0)

Note. AAPC = average annual percentage change; CI = confidence interval.