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	Compare by Region: The colored gauge gives a visual representation of how your community is doing in comparison to other communities. The three-colored dial represents the distribution of values from the reporting regions (e.g. counties in the state) ordered from those doing the best to those doing the worst (sometimes lower values are better and in other cases higher values are better). From that distribution, the green represents the top 50th percentile, the yellow represents the 25th to 50th percentile, and the red represents the "worst" quartile.
	Compare by Average: This gauge shows how the San Bernardino County value compares with the median or mean value for all counties in the state (or all US counties). The gauge is blue and white when being higher (or lower) is not necessarily good or bad and is multi-colored when being higher (or lower) is good or bad.
	Compare by Time Period: This gauge shows whether the San Bernardino County value is increasing or decreasing over time. A green arrow means the value is improving and a red arrow means the value is getting worse. The = (equal) sign means that there is not a significant increase or decrease since the last measurement.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not the San Bernardino County value meets a specific target. The San Bernardino County value is represented by the left bar and the target value by the right bar.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not a specific target is met. A green check means the target is met and a red "X" means the target is not met.

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HP 2010 Target

4.9

6.3

Red > 6.3
Green <= 4.9
In-between = Yellow
Unit: deaths/1,000 live births
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Infant Mortality Rate

Value:	6.0 deaths/1,000 live births
Measurement Period:	2008
Location:	County : San Bernardino
Categories:	Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health Health / An Overview of Mortality Data

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births for infants within their first year of life.

Why this is important: Infant mortality rate continues to be one of the most widely used indicators of the overall health status of a community. The leading causes of death among infants are birth defects, pre-term delivery, low birth weight, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and maternal complications during pregnancy.

The Healthy People 2010 national health target is to reduce the infant mortality rate to 4.5 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Technical note: The distribution is based on data from 58 California counties.

Source: California Department of Public Health

URL of Source: http://www.cdph.ca.gov

URL of Data: http://www.applications.dhs.ca.gov/vsq/Default.asp

Time Series Data

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Unit: deaths/1,000 live births
View the Legend

Infant Mortality Rate

Value:	6.0 deaths/1,000 live births
Measurement Period:	2008
Location:	County : San Bernardino
Categories:	Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births for infants within their first year of life.

Why this is important: Infant mortality rate continues to be one of the most widely used indicators of the overall health status of a community.
The leading causes of death among infants are birth defects, pre-term delivery, low birth weight, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and maternal complications during pregnancy.

The Healthy People 2010 national health target is to reduce the infant mortality rate to 4.5 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Technical note: The trend is a comparison between the most recent and previous measurement period. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the trend.

Source: California Department of Public Health

URL of Source: http://www.cdph.ca.gov

URL of Data: http://www.applications.dhs.ca.gov/vsq/Default.asp

Time Series Data

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deaths/1,000 live births

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Target Not Met

Unit: deaths/1,000 live births
View the Legend

Infant Mortality Rate

Value:	6.0 deaths/1,000 live births
Healthy People 2010 Target:	4.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Measurement Period:	2008
Location:	County : San Bernardino
Categories:	Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health Health / An Overview of Mortality Data

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births for infants within their first year of life.

Why this is important: Infant mortality rate continues to be one of the most widely used indicators of the overall health status of a community.
The leading causes of death among infants are birth defects, pre-term delivery, low birth weight, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and maternal complications during pregnancy.

The Healthy People 2010 national health target is to reduce the infant mortality rate to 4.5 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Source: California Department of Public Health

URL of Source: http://www.cdph.ca.gov

URL of Data: http://www.applications.dhs.ca.gov/vsq/Default.asp

Time Series Data

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deaths/1,000 live births

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