Factor	White		Black		Other		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	19,844	95.7	742	3.6	158	0.8	20,744	100.0
Low Birthweight
Total Low Birthweight	1,556	7.8	95	12.8	7	4.4	1,658	8.0
Maternal Age
Mother's < 20 Years	3,252	16.4	202	27.2	7	4.4	3,461	16.7
Mother's < 15 Years	37	0.2	4	0.5	0	0.0	41	0.2
Births with Known Prenatal Care
First Trimester	15,857	82.5	461	66.1	121	80.1	16,439	82.0
Second Trimester	2,863	14.9	195	28.0	23	15.2	3,081	15.4
Third Trimester	358	1.9	27	3.9	7	4.6	392	2.0
No Prenatal Care	133	0.7	14	2.0	0	0.0	147	0.7
Gestational Age
< 37 Weeks	2,240	11.3	128	17.3	18	11.4	2,386	11.5
37+ Weeks	16,786	84.6	566	76.3	133	84.2	17,485	84.3
Unknown	818	4.1	48	6.5	7	4.4	873	4.2

West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Health Statistics Center, 1998


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Health Statistics Center
Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
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Last updated February 2, 1998.