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Selected Factors by Race of Mother
West Virginia Resident Births, 2005
Table 15

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 19,891 95.5 698 3.4 245 1.2 20,834 100.0

Low Birthweight
     Total Low Birthweight 1,862 9.4 92 13.2 30 12.2 1,984 9.5

Maternal Age
     Mother's < 20 Years 2,311 11.6 141 20.2 20 8.2 2,472 11.9
     Mother's < 15 Years 20 0.1 2 0.3 0 0.0 22 0.1

Births with Known
Prenatal Care
     First Trimester 16,327 85.0 481 72.2 174 74.7 16,982 84.5
     Second Trimester 2,396 12.5 148 22.2 44 18.9 2,588 12.9
     Third Trimester 356 1.9 28 4.2 8 3.4 392 1.9
     No Prenatal Care 130 0.7 9 1.4 7 3.0 146 0.7

Gestational Age
     < 37 Weeks 2,452 12.3 110 15.8 33 13.5 2,595 12.5
     37+ Weeks 17,391 87.4 587 84.1 208 84.9 18,186 87.3
     Unknown 48 0.2 1 0.1 4 1.6 53 0.3
Factor Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
White Black Other Total

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2005 Annual Report

Last updated April 9, 2007.

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