Number of Live Births by Abnormal Conditions of the Newborn
By Race and Ancestry of Mother,
Michigan Residents, 2025

Abnormal Conditions Race Ancestry
All Races White Black American
Indian		 Asian &
Pacific
Islander		 All Other Races Hispanic Arab
Assisted ventilation required immediately following delivery 7,831 5,759 1,215 123 256 184 370 213
Assisted ventilation required for more than 6 hours 2,312 1,624 443 25 78 52 89 70
NICU Admission 10,648 6,977 2,420 109 341 426 512 364
Surfactant replacement therapy given to newborn 464 289 115 3 20 18 19 27
Antibiotics received by newborn for suspected neonatal sepis 2,285 1,474 457 19 133 126 100 145
Seizures or serious neurologic dysfunction1 89 69 10 2 5 2 3 -
Significant birth injury2 93 78 5 3 2 3 6 -
None of the above 84,865 59,716 12,350 910 3,810 4,984 4,928 4,595
         
Total Live Births 100,015 70,127 15,251 1,108 4,320 5,512 5,661 5,053
         

 

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:

2025 Michigan Resident Birth Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.