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Selected Factors by Race of Mother
West Virginia Resident Births, 2000
Table 14

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 19,960 95.7 770 3.7 130 0.6 20,860 100.0
Low Birthweight                
     Total Low Birthweight 1,618 8.1 117 15.2 11 8.5 1,746 8.4
Maternal Age                
     Mother's < 20 Years 2,693 13.5 162 21.0 3 2.3 2,858 13.7
     Mother's < 15 Years 25 0.1 4 0.5 0 0.0 29 0.1
Births with Known
Prenatal Care		                
     First Trimester 16,501 86.7 508 70.4 103 84.4 17,112 86.1
     Second Trimester 2,180 11.5 172 23.8 17 13.9 2,369 11.9
     Third Trimester 255 1.3 34 4.7 2 1.6 291 1.5
     No Prenatal Care 96 0.5 8 1.1 0 0.0 104 0.5
Gestational Age                
     < 37 Weeks 2,447 12.3 154 20.0 15 11.5 2,616 12.5
     37+ Weeks 16,518 82.8 572 74.3 109 83.8 17,199 82.4
     Unknown 995 5.0 44 5.7 6 4.6 1,045 5.0
Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent


Last updated April 12, 2002.

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