About Infant and Child Health Data The purpose of the Infant and Child Health Module is to generate interactive statistics and maps of infant and child health data. The intended audience is researchers, public health officials, students, and the general public. The data originates from two different sources of data: birth certificates and death certificates. Since these two sources are not connected the data has to be dealt with individually. All infant health data originates from the birth certificate. Since this data only deals with newborn infants, selecting an age group is not a valid option. This module is unique in that it allows users to specify certain birthweight groups and select various congenital anomalies specific to live births. Race, ethnicity, and region are all based upon the mother's information collected on the birth certificate. Rates are calculated using annual live births as the denominator and are per 1000 live births. The child health data originates from the death certificate. This data only contains children ages 0-14. Selecting a birthweight is not a valid option because no birthweight data is provided on the death certificate. This module is unique in that several age groups can be selected which cannot be selected in the SCAN death modules. Race, ethnicity, and region are all based upon the information collected on the child's death certificate. Rates are calculated using the annual population of South Carolina as the denominator and are per 100,000. The denominator for age groups: less than 1 day, 1-6 days, 7-27 days, and 28-365 days is annual number of live births this is because there is no census information available for these age groups. Currently users can chose only two indicators for child health data, all deaths, and deaths due to motor vehicles. For both datasets the data is residents of South Carolina and users can select the region of analysis. If the zip code was coded as outside of the state then the zip code is recoded as missing. Users can generate on-the-fly maps and tables of the frequencies, rates, and percentages along with trendlines and bar charts of the selected data. When rates have been selected 95% Confidence intervals can also be generated in the tables. The interpretation of tables and maps is the users responsibility. Many supporting pages are provided with definitions, examples of rate calculations, Division of Biostatistics and Health GIS contact information, and frequently asked questions to assist the user in interpreting this data. Rates with small numbers are unreliable and should be used cautiously.