III. Infant Mortality by the reporting of father information on the birth certificate. 2006-2008 Infant Deaths. Father Number of Infant Total Number Information Infant Deaths Mortality Rate of Births on Birth (per 1,000 Certificate Live Births) No 78 15.7 4,966 Yes 197 4.8 41,287 275 5.9 46,253 All Births To ensure there were enough infant deaths to do an analysis, three years of birth and infant death were combined. The birth years were in 2006, 2007, and 2008 and the infant deaths could have occurred in 2006,2007, 2008, and 2009. An infant death is defined as the death of a baby within 364 days of the baby’s birth. A mother who did not report father information on the birth certificate was over three times (OR=3.33 , p<.000) more likely to have an infant die within the first year of birth than a mother who did report father information on the birth certificate.. IV. Conclusion: In a 2010 study of births in the State of Florida conducted by the University of South Florida , it was found babies whose fathers were absent during pregnancy are four times more likely to die in the first year of life and are more likely to be born premature and with lower birth weights. The study’s lead a during pregnancy increases stress for the mother. And if author Amina Alio said “that dad’s absence more, probably more likely to smoke during pregnancy. Also, you may not be you’re stressed you’re able to attend prenatal care session for other reasons. So your behavior during pregnancy will be different because of the stressors”. In this analysis of births in Palm Beach County the results were very similar to the results in the University of South Florida study. For all three birth outcomes, there was a significant difference between the outcomes when the information was on the birth certificate compared to the father’s outcome when the information was not on the birth certificate. When the information father’s father’s was not on the birth certificate, the percent of babies born low birthweight was much higher (14.5% to 8.1%) as was the percent of babies born pre-term (19.3% to 13.2%) and infant mortality (15.7 to 4.8). All these differences were statistically significant.
III. Infant Mortality by the reporting of father information on the birth certificate. 2006-2008 Infant Deaths. Father Information on Birth Certificate Number of Infant Deaths Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 Live Births) Total Number of Births No 78 15.7 4,966 Yes 197 4.8 41,287 All Births 275 5.9 46,253 To ensure there were enough infant deaths to do an analysis, three years of birth and infant death were combined. The birth years were in 2006, 2007, and 2008 and the infant deaths could have occurred in 2006,2007, 2008, and 2009. An infant death is defined as the death of a baby within 364 days of the baby’s birth. A mother who did not report father information on the birth certificate was over three times (OR=3.33 , p<.000) more likely to have an infant die within the first year of birth than a mother who did report father information on the birth certificate.. IV. Conclusion: In a 2010 study of births in the State of Florida conducted by the University of South Florida , it was found babies whose fathers were absent during pregnancy are four times more likely to die in the first year of life and are more likely to be born premature and with lower birth weights. The study’s lead author Amina Alio said “that a dad’s absence during pregnancy increases stress for the mother. And if you’re stressed more, you’re probably more likely to smoke during pregnancy. Also, you may not be able to attend prenatal care session for other reasons. So your behavior during pregnancy will be different because of the stressors”. In this analysis of births in Palm Beach County the results were very similar to the results in the University of South Florida study. For all three birth outcomes, there was a significant difference between the outcomes when the father’s information was on the birth certificate compared to the outcome when the father’s information was not on the birth certificate. When the father’s information was not on the birth certificate, the percent of babies born low birthweight was much higher (14.5% to 8.1%) as was the percent of babies born pre-term (19.3% to 13.2%) and infant mortality (15.7 to 4.8). All these differences were statistically significant.