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

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 10,722 98.2 124 1.1 68 0.6 10,914 100.0
Low Birthweight
    Total Low Birthweight 741 6.9 11 8.9 3 4.4 755 6.9
Maternal Age
    Mother's < 20 Years 1,661 15.5 15 12.1 3 4.4 1,679 15.4
    Mother's < 15 Years 20 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 0.2
Births with Known
Prenatal Care
    First Trimester 8,356 80.1 83 68.6 51 79.7 8,490 80.0
    Second Trimester 1,618 15.5 28 23.1 11 17.2 1,657 15.6
    Third Trimester 345 3.3 8 6.6 2 3.1 355 3.3
    No Prenatal Care 109 1.0 2 1.7 0 0.0 111 1.0
Gestational Age
    < 37 Weeks 1,162 10.8 18 14.5 3 4.4 1,183 10.8
    37+ Weeks 9,193 85.7 103 83.1 64 94.1 9,360 85.8
Unknown 367 3.4 3 2.4 1 1.5 371 3.4
Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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