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Table 29 Summary of Infant Deaths By Age, Race ethnicity and Sex

Table 29 
Summary of Infant Deaths
Deaths Under One Year of Age, by Age, Race/Ethnicity and Sex 
Texas, 2013
Infant Death Frequencies
Age Total M F White M F Black M F Hispanic M F Other M F
Total 2,253 1,261 992 661 383 278 524 307 217 971 519 452 97 52 45
Under 28 Days 1,507 855 652 427 255 172 348 210 138 665 354 311 67 36 31
1 Month 198 113 85 61 32 29 49 29 20 80 46 34 8 6 2
2 Months 134 78 56 47 27 20 28 14 14 56 35 21 3 2 1
3 Months 118 70 48 40 29 11 30 18 12 47 22 25 1 1 0
4 Months 72 32 40 20 7 13 17 10 7 29 14 15 6 1 5
5 Months 71 36 35 19 11 8 15 5 10 36 20 16 1 0 1
6 Months 47 24 23 15 8 7 13 8 5 18 8 10 1 0 1
7 Months 27 16 11 7 4 3 6 4 2 8 4 4 6 4 2
8 Months 26 14 12 5 3 2 7 4 3 12 6 6 2 1 1
9 Months 18 8 10 8 2 6 3 2 1 6 3 3 1 1 0
10 Months 21 9 12 8 3 5 5 2 3 8 4 4 0 0 0
11 Months 14 6 8 4 2 2 3 1 2 6 3 3 1 0 1
 
Infant Death Rates
Per 1,000 Live Births
Age Total M F White M F Black M F Hispanic M F Other M F
Total 5.8 6.4 5.2 5.0 5.6 4.3 11.9 13.6 10.1 5.2 5.5 5.0 4.0 4.1 3.8
Under 28 Days 3.9 4.3 3.4 3.2 3.7 2.7 7.9 9.3 6.4 3.6 3.7 3.4 2.7 2.8 2.6
1 Month 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.2
2 Months 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
3 Months 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
4 Months 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4
5 Months 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
6 Months 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
7 Months 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2
8 Months 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
9 Months 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
10 Months 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Months 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

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