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Selected Factors by Race of Mother
Kanawha County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 23,051 90.6 2,171 8.5 224 0.9 25,446 100.0
Low Birthweight
    Total Low Birthweight 1,723 7.5 299 13.8 15 6.7 2,037 8.0
Maternal Age
    Mother's < 20 Years 3,656 15.9 521 24.0 11 4.9 4,188 16.5
    Mother's < 15 Years 51 0.2 15 0.7 1 0.4 67 0.3
Births with Known
Prenatal Care
    First Trimester 15,732 74.8 1,038 56.6 145 72.9 16,915 73.3
    Second Trimester 4,517 21.5 607 33.1 43 21.6 5,167 22.4
    Third Trimester 563 2.7 107 5.8 10 5.0 680 2.9
    No Prenatal Care 231 1.1 82 4.5 1 0.5 314 1.4
Gestational Age
    < 37 Weeks 2,423 10.5 360 16.6 25 11.2 2,808 11.0
    37+ Weeks 19,591 85.0 1,645 75.8 187 83.5 21,423 84.2
Unknown 1,037 4.5 166 7.6 12 5.4 1,215 4.8
Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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