Table 14
NUMBER OF INFANT DEATHS, RHODE ISLAND, 1989-1993

city/Town

# Births

# Infant Deaths

Rate/1000 births

 

1988-1992
Rate/1000 births

Barrington

909

5

5.5

 

6.2

Bristol

1,364

4

2.9

 

2.9

Burrillville

1,045

6

5.7

 

9.5

Central Falls

1,997

24

12.0

 

12.4

Charlestown

541

7

12.9

 

10.5

Coventry

2,043

21

10.3

 

9.9

Cranston

4,520

29

6.4

 

5.2

Cumberland

1,786

16

9.0

 

8.5

East Greenwich

603

8

13.3

 

15.1

East Providence

3,131

32

10.2

 

10.1

Exeter

396

2

NA

 

NA

Foster

297

3

NA

 

NA

Glocester

550

1

1.8

 

5.3

Hopkinton

520

5

9.6

 

9.5

Jamestown

311

3

NA

 

NA

Johnston

1,765

7

4.0

 

4.6

Lincoln

1,088

7

6.4

 

10.2

Little Compton

173

1

NA

 

NA

Middletown

1,442

12

8.3

 

7.2

Narragansett

844

4

4.7

 

5.8

Newport

2,061

23

11.2

 

10.0

New Shoreham

71

1

NA

 

NA

North Kingstown

1,577

14

8.9

 

5.7

North Providence

1,968

13

6.6

 

6.8

North Smithfield

519

4

7.7

 

5.9

Pawtucket

5,976

49

8.2

 

9.8

Portsmouth

1,061

8

7.5

 

5.6

Providence

16,194

166

10.3

 

10.1

Richmond

435

3

NA

 

NA

Scituate

615

4

6.5

 

7.8

Smithfield

961

1

1.0

 

2.0

South Kingstown

1,338

8

6.0

 

7.6

Tiverton

812

9

11.1

 

10.6

Warren

790

3

3.8

 

3.7

Warwick

5,461

36

6.6

 

5.7

Westerly

1,683

12

7.1

 

6.0

West Greenwich

271

0

NA

 

NA

West Warwick

2,373

21

8.8

 

9.1

Woonsocket

3,673

29

7.9

 

10.1

Core Cities

29,901

291

9.7

 

10.2

Remainder of State

43,263

310

7.2

 

7.1

Rhode Island

73,164

601

8.2

 

8.4

Source: Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Family Health, Maternal and Child Health Database, 1989 to 1993 average. Core Cities are Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport, and Central Falls.   

 NA: Percentages were not calculated for cities and towns with less than 500 births, as percentages for small denominators are statistically unreliable.

  The denominator is the total number of live births to Rhode Island residents from 1989 to 1993.

Last Update: 5/8/97 by JDC