Selected Factors by Race of Mother
West Virginia Resident Births, 1999
Table 14

Factor	White		Black		Other		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	19,802	95.5	745	3.6	184	0.9	20,731	100.0
Low Birthweight
Total Low Birthweight	1,564	7.9	91	12.2	12	6.5	1,667	8.0
Maternal Age
Mother's < 20 Years	2,835	14.3	178	23.9	12	6.5	3,025	14.6
Mother's < 15 Years	19	0.1	4	0.5	0	0.0	23	0.1
Births with Known Prenatal Care
First Trimester	16,210	85.7	476	70.8	137	77.8	16,823	85.1
Second Trimester	2,273	12.0	168	25.0	34	19.3	2,475	12.5
Third Trimester	345	1.8	19	2.8	5	2.8	369	1.9
No Prenatal Care	86	0.5	9	1.3	0	0.0	95	0.5
Gestational Age
< 37 Weeks	2,477	12.5	156	20.9	20	10.9	2,653	12.8
37+ Weeks	16,353	82.6	539	72.3	160	87.0	17,052	82.3
Unknown	972	4.9	50	6.7	4	2.2	1,026	4.9
Factor	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
	White		Black		Other		Total