Table 1 Characteristics of births to non-Hispanic black women in Louisiana, 2014 (n = 23,762)
Total (%) | Preterm Birth (%) | Term Birth (%) | Low Birth Weight (%) | Normal Birth Weight (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 23,762 | N = 3644 (15.34) | N = 20,118 (84.66) | N = 3563 (14.99) | N = 20,199 (85.01) | |
Characteristic | |||||
Maternal Age | |||||
< 20 | 2569 (10.81) | 344 (13.39) | 2225 (86.61) | 398 (15.49) | 2171 (84.51) |
20–24 | 8597 (36.18) | 1188 (13.82) | 7409 (86.18) | 1255 (14.60) | 7342 (85.40) |
25–29 | 6767 (28.48) | 1019 (15.06) | 5748 (84.94) | 931 (13.76) | 5836 (86.24) |
30+ | 5829 (24.53) | 1334 (18.75) | 4736 (81.25) | 979 (16.80) | 4850 (83.20) |
Insurance | |||||
Medicaid | 19,961 (84.00) | 2974 (14.90) | 16,987 (85.10) | 2969 (14.87) | 16,992 (85.13) |
Private | 2972 (12.51) | 488 (16.42) | 2484 (83.58) | 435 (14.64) | 2537 (85.36) |
Other | 829 (3.49) | 182 (21.95) | 647 (78.05) | 159 (19.18) | 670 (80.82) |
Prenatal Care Qualitya | |||||
Inadequate | 5473 (23.03) | 872 (15.93) | 4601 (84.07) | 846 (15.46) | 4627 (84.54) |
Intermediate | 3226 (13.61) | 409 (12.68) | 2817 (87.32) | 431 (13.36) | 2795 (86.64) |
Adequate | 6011 (25.30) | 471 (7.84) | 5540 (92.16) | 544 (9.05) | 5467 (90.95) |
Adequate + | 9052 (38.09) | 1892 (20.90) | 7160 (79.10) | 1742 (19.24) | 7310 (80.76) |
Parity | |||||
Nulliparous | 7859 (33.32) | 1019 (12.97) | 6840 (87.03) | 1166 (14.84) | 6693 (85.16) |
Multiparous | 15,730 (66.68) | 2604 (16.55) | 13,126 (83.45) | 2377 (15.11) | 13,353 (84.89) |
Urbanicity | |||||
Mostly Urban | 20,493 (85.69) | 3105 (15.15) | 17,388 (84.85) | 3034 (14.81) | 17,459 (85.19) |
Mostly Rural | 2904 (12.22) | 479 (16.49) | 2425 (83.51) | 471 (16.22) | 2433 (83.78) |
Completely Rural | 365 (1.54) | 60 (16.44) | 305 (83.56) | 58 (15.89) | 307 (84.11) |