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Tables extracted from the West Virginia 1998 Vital Statistics Report

Selected Factors by Race of Mother

West Virginia Resident Births, 1998

Table 14

Factor	White		Black		Other		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	19,830	95.7	757	3.7	142	0.7	20,729	100.0
Low Birthweight
Total Low Birthweight	1,564	7.9	99	13.1	12	8.5	1,675	8.1
Maternal Age
Mother's < 20 Years	3,024	15.2	188	24.8	8	5.6	3,220	15.5
Mother's < 15 Years	33	0.2	2	0.3	0	0.0	35	0.2
Births with Known Prenatal Care
First Trimester	16,002	84.2	488	70.5	112	81.2	16,602	83.7
Second Trimester	2,524	13.3	167	24.1	24	17.4	2,715	13.7
Third Trimester	372	2.0	25	3.6	2	1.4	399	2.0
No Prenatal Care	107	0.6	12	1.7	0	0.0	119	0.6
Gestational Age
< 37 Weeks	2,428	12.2	118	15.6	13	9.2	2,559	12.3
37+ Weeks	16,433	82.9	572	75.6	124	87.3	17,129	82.6
Unknown	969	4.9	67	8.9	5	3.5	1,041	5.0

West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Health Statistics Center, 2000

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Last updated March 23, 2000.