Selected Factors by Race of Mother
West Virginia Resident Births, 2003
Table 14

Factor	White		Black		Other		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	20,075	95.7	706	3.4	205	1.0	20,986	100.0
Low Birthweight
Total Low Birthweight	1,709	8.5	84	11.9	21	10.2	1,814	8.6
Maternal Age
Mother's < 20 Years	2,431	12.1	135	19.1	10	4.9	2,576	12.3
Mother's < 15 Years	30	0.1	4	0.6	0	0.0	34	0.2
Births with Known Prenatal Care
First Trimester	16,809	86.3	499	73.4	166	83.0	17,474	85.8
Second Trimester	2,239	11.5	158	23.2	29	14.5	2,426	11.9
Third Trimester	316	1.6	15	2.2	5	2.5	336	1.6
No Prenatal Care	124	0.6	8	1.2	0	0.0	132	0.6
Gestational Age
< 37 Weeks	2,323	11.6	101	14.3	23	11.2	2,447	11.7
37+ Weeks	17,721	88.3	604	85.6	182	88.8	18,507	88.2
Unknown	31	0.2	1	0.1	0	0.0	32	0.2
Factor	White		Black		Other		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent