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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%