Infant mortality counts for New York City from 2007 to 2016 are derived from official death certificates. The City of New York calculated rates using these death counts as the numerator and live birth counts from birth certificates as the denominator. This dataset specifically tracks mortality by maternal race and ethnicity over a ten-year period.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in infant mortality over time based on the 2007-2016 date range
- Investigate disparities in health outcomes based on maternal race and ethnicity mentioned in the description
- Calculate and compare infant mortality rates using the described numerator and denominator methodology
Strengths
- Data spans a ten-year period from 2007 to 2016
- Based on official administrative records (NYC death and birth certificates)
- Multiple file formats available (XML, RDF, JSON, CSV)
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- City of New York
- Collection Method
- Counts based on NYC death certificates; rates calculated using live birth counts from NYC birth certificates.
- Time Range
- 2007-2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-08 02:34:03.132149; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- New York City