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Selected Factors by Race of Mother
West Virginia Resident Births, 2002
Table 14

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 19,885 95.9 674 3.3 166 0.8 20,725 100.0
Low Birthweight                
Total Low Birthweight 1,798 9.0 96 14.2 21 12.7 1,915 9.2
Maternal Age                
Mother's < 20 Years 2,511 12.6 126 18.7 9 5.4 2,646 12.8
Mother's < 15 Years 19 0.1 3 0.4 1 0.6 23 0.1
Births with Known
Prenatal Care		                
First Trimester 16,655 86.4 479 75.9 133 82.1 17,267 86.0
Second Trimester 2,238 11.6 129 20.4 23 14.2 2,390 11.9
Third Trimester 307 1.6 15 2.4 5 3.1 327 1.6
No Prenatal Care 83 0.4 8 1.3 1 0.6 92 0.5
Gestational Age                
< 37 Weeks 2,314 11.6 97 14.4 16 9.6 2,427 11.7
37+ Weeks 17,528 88.1 576 85.5 150 90.4 18,254 88.1
&Unknown 43 0.2 1 0.1 0 0.0 44 0.2
Factor Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
White Black Other Total

Last updated May 19, 2004.


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