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Selected Factors by Race of Mother
West Virginia Resident Births, 2006
Table 15

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 20,000 95.6 684 3.3 247 1.2 20,931 100.0

Low Birthweight
     Total Low Birthweight 1,892 9.5 108 15.8 20 8.1 2,020 9.7

Maternal Age
     Mother's < 20 Years 2,452 12.3 132 19.3 18 7.3 2,602 12.4
     Mother's < 15 Years 14 0.1 5 0.7 0 0.0 19 0.1

Births with Known
Prenatal Care
     First Trimester 16,023 82.0 462 68.4 184 75.7 16,669 81.5
     Second Trimester 2,785 14.3 168 24.9 48 19.8 3,001 14.7
     Third Trimester 597 3.1 33 4.9 9 3.7 639 3.1
     No Prenatal Care 127 0.7 12 1.8 2 0.8 141 0.7

Gestational Age
     < 37 Weeks 2,451 12.3 120 17.5 20 8.1 2,591 12.4
     37+ Weeks 17,510 87.5 563 82.3 227 91.9 18,300 87.4
     Unknown 39 0.2 1 0.1 0 0.0 40 0.2
Factor Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
White Black Other Total

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2006 Annual Report

Last updated April 30, 2008.

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