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Selected Factors by Race of Mother
Ohio County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 5,383 93.4 314 5.4 68 1.2 5,765 100.0
Low Birthweight
    Total Low Birthweight 328 6.1 37 11.8 6 8.8 371 6.4
Maternal Age
    Mother's < 20 Years 726 13.5 101 32.2 2 2.9 829 14.4
    Mother's < 15 Years 13 0.2 4 1.3 0 0.0 17 0.3
Births with Known
Prenatal Care
    First Trimester 4,113 77.0 150 48.9 52 78.8 4,315 75.5
    Second Trimester 1,006 18.8 111 36.2 11 16.7 1,128 19.7
    Third Trimester 161 3.0 33 10.7 3 4.5 197 3.4
    No Prenatal Care 63 1.2 13 4.2 0 0.0 76 1.3
Gestational Age
    < 37 Weeks 524 9.7 41 13.1 11 16.2 576 10.0
    37+ Weeks 4,689 87.1 247 78.7 56 82.4 4,992 86.6
Unknown 170 3.2 26 8.3 1 1.5 197 3.4
Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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