Infant Mortality Rates by Maternal Race and Ethnicity in NYC

New York City infant mortality data spans 2007 to 2016. It includes counts of infant deaths and live births to calculate mortality rates by maternal race and ethnicity. The dataset is provided by the City of New York.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Infant Mortality Rate over Year for different Maternal Race or Ethnicity groups.
• Compare Neonatal Mortality Rate and Postneonatal Mortality Rate across demographic groups.
• Calculate correlation between Number of Live Births and Infant Deaths for specific years.
• Model disparities in mortality by using Maternal Race or Ethnicity as a feature alongside Neonatal Infant Deaths and Postneonatal Infant Deaths.

Strengths

• Data covers a 10-year time range from 2007 to 2016.
• Includes multiple calculated rate metrics: Infant Mortality Rate, Neonatal Mortality Rate, and Postneonatal Mortality Rate.
• Derived from official city records: NYC death certificates and birth certificates.

Limitations

• Sample size (number of rows) is unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data is aggregated and does not contain individual patient records for detailed analysis.
• The dataset ends in 2016 and may not reflect current conditions.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Counts based on NYC death certificates; rates calculated using infant deaths and live births from NYC birth certificates.

Time Range

2007-2016

Freshness

Last platform update was March 2026, but the data itself covers 2007-2016.

Geography

New York City