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Newborn Hearing Screening Statistics (NBHS). Calendar Years: 2010-2014 (As of 09/18/2015).
 
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Births Per Vital Records
38,538
100.00%
37,988
100.00%
37,294
100.00%
36,851
100.00%
37,766
100.00%
Newborn Hearing Screening Statistics (Subset: Occurrent Births)
Newborns Screened
38,254
99.26%
37,540
98.82%
36,899
98.94%
36,527
99.12%
37,325
98.83%
Infant Died
93
0.24%
84
0.22%
142
0.38%
130
0.35%
147
0.40%
Non-resident
0
0.00%
3
0.01%
4
0.01%
5
0.01%
12
0.03%
Unable to be Screened due to Medical Reasons
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Parents / Family Declined Services
12
0.03%
11
0.03%
27
0.07%
17
0.05%
33
0.09%
Infant Transferred and No Documentation of Screening
0
0.00%
1
0.00%
23
0.06%
47
0.13%
9
0.02%
Missed
0
0.00%
61
0.16%
8
0.02%
18
0.05%
19
0.05%
Unknown
179
0.46%
89
0.23%
218
0.58%
139
0.38%
122
0.33%
Total 
38,538
100.00%
37,789
100.00%
37,321
100.00%
36,883
100.00%
37,667
100.00%
 Newborn Hearing Screening Results (Subset: Newborns Screened, shown above) 
Newborns Who Passed NBHS
37,613
98.32%
36,864
98.20%
36,322
98.44%
36,011
98.59%
36,880
98.81%
Newborns Who Did Not Pass NBHS
641
1.68%
676
1.80%
577
1.56%
516
1.41%
445
1.19%
Total
38,254
100.00%
37,540
100.00%
36,899
100.00%
36,527
100.00%
37,325
100.00%
 Newborns Who Received Diagnostic Follow-up (Subset: Newborns Who Did Not Pass NBHS, shown above)  
Diagnostic Follow-up   
430
67.08%
454
67.16%
365
63.26%
409
79.26%
368
82.70%
No Diagnostic Follow-up
194
30.27%
209
30.92%
194
33.62%
96
18.60%
61
13.71%
Non-resident or Moved out of State
15
2.34%
13
1.92%
16
2.77%
10
1.94%
11
2.47%
Refused
2
0.31%
0
0.00%
1
0.17%
1
0.19%
0
0.00%
Deceased
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
0.17%
0
0.00%
5
1.12%
Total
641
100.00%
676
100.00%
577
100.00%
516
100.00%
445
100.00%
Newborns with a Diagnosed Hearing Loss (Subset: Diagnostic Follow-up, shown above)
Newborns with Normal Hearing
362
84.19%
372
81.94%
315
86.30%
317
77.51%
300
81.52%
Newborns with a Hearing Loss
68
15.81%
82
18.06%
50
13.70%
92
22.49%
68
18.48%
Total 
430
100.00%
454
100.00%
365
100.00%
409
100.00%
368
100.00%
 Newborns Eligible for Birth to Three Early Intervention (Subset of Newborns w\Hearing Loss, shown above) 
Eligible for Birth to Three
50
73.53%
67
81.71%
35
70.00%
66
71.74%
42
61.76%
No referral to Birth to Three
15
22.06%
3
3.66%
8
16.00%
11
11.96%
7
10.29%
Not Eligible and Eligibility Unknown
3
4.41%
12
14.63%
7
14.00%
15
16.30%
19
27.94%
Total 
68
100.00%
82
100.00%
50
100.00%
92
100.00%
68
100.00%
Newborns Enrolled in Birth to Three Early Intervention (Also a Subset: Newborns with a Hearing Loss)
Enrolled in Birth to Three
46
67.65%
66
80.49%
35
70.00%
67
72.83%
42
61.76%
Not Enrolled in Birth to Three
N\A
N\A
16
19.51%
15
30.00%
25
27.17%
26
38.24%
Total 
68
100.00%
82
100.00%
50
100.00%
92
100.00%
68
 100.00%