Number of Live Births by Abnormal Conditions of the Newborn
By Race and Ancestry of Mother,
Michigan Residents, 2024

Abnormal Conditions Race Ancestry
All Races White Black American
Indian		 Asian &
Pacific
Islander		 All Other Races Hispanic Arab
Assisted ventilation required immediately following delivery 6,850 5,157 1,014 35 213 170 399 163
Assisted ventilation required for more than 6 hours 1,547 1,137 254 10 50 45 84 58
NICU Admission 10,286 6,616 2,466 33 345 433 548 307
Surfactant replacement therapy given to newborn 356 247 75 - 7 14 23 16
Antibiotics received by newborn for suspected neonatal sepis 1,907 1,178 444 9 105 109 113 123
Seizures or serious neurologic dysfunction1 64 58 5 1 - - 9 1
Significant birth injury2 88 78 5 1 - 1 10 2
None of the above 85,081 60,271 12,567 286 3,708 4,886 5,078 4,451
         
Total Live Births 99,420 69,984 15,542 343 4,172 5,401 5,862 4,831
         

 

Notes:

1Beginning with the 2008 birth certificate, the definition of seizure changed. A seizure is any involuntary repetitive, convulsive movement or behavior, excluding symptoms associated with CNS congenital anomalies. Because of this change, seizure statistics produced after 2007 are not directly comparable to similar statistics produced before 2007.

2Beginning with the 2008 birth certificate, the definition of “birth injury” was limited to include only significant injuries such as skeletal fracture, peripheral nerve injury or soft tissue/solid organ hemorrhage which required intervention. Birth injury statistics produced after 2007 are not directly comparable to similar statistics produced before 2007.

Records with race not stated are included only in the 'All Races' column.

Source:

2024 Michigan Resident Birth Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.