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Selected Factors by Race of Mother
West Virginia Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 206,616 95.7 7,945 3.7 1,272 0.6 215,833 100.0
Low Birthweight
    Total Low Birthweight 14,982 7.3 1,042 13.1 81 6.4 16,105 7.5
Maternal Age
    Mother's < 20 Years 34,814 16.8 2,014 25.3 58 4.6 36,886 17.1
    Mother's < 15 Years 452 0.2 63 0.8 2 0.2 517 0.2
Births with Known
Prenatal Care
    First Trimester 157,907 79.2 4,437 60.0 951 78.1 163,295 78.5
    Second Trimester 34,282 17.2 2,180 29.5 204 16.7 36,666 17.6
    Third Trimester 5,647 2.8 554 7.5 57 4.7 6,258 3.0
    No Prenatal Care 1,591 0.8 224 3.0 6 0.5 1,821 0.9
Gestational Age
    < 37 Weeks 22,021 10.7 1,323 16.7 109 8.6 23,453 10.9
    37+ Weeks 175,167 84.8 6,084 76.6 1,115 87.7 182,366 84.5
Unknown 9,428 4.6 538 6.8 48 3.8 10,014 4.6
Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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