Racial disparities in caesarean delivery among nulliparous women that delivered at term: cross-sectional decomposition analysis of Nebraska birth records from 2005-2014

Table 1 Characteristics of nulliparous women delivering at ≥37 weeks gestation by race/ethnicity

	Race/Ethnicity
	White-NH		Black-NH		Asian-NH		Hispanic		Native American-NH
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Cesarean delivery	19,013	27.8	1427	29.0	821	30.7	2650	24.7	264	23.4
Maternal age (years)
< 20	8268	12.1	1697	34.4	146	5.5	3778	35.2	513	45.5
20–24	21,523	31.5	1893	38.4	513	19.2	4093	38.1	458	40.6
25–29	24,435	35.7	860	17.5	1077	40.2	1815	16.9	100	8.9
30–34	10,842	15.8	356	7.2	682	25.5	744	6.9	43	3.8
35–39	2837	4.1	105	2.1	212	7.9	264	2.5	13	1.2
≥ 40	521	0.8	17	0.3	48	1.8	53	0.5	1	0.1
Married Marital Status	43,425	63.5	1011	20.5	2224	83.0	3864	36.0	164	14.5
Urban County of Residence	37,553	54.9	4492	91.2	2324	86.8	5707	53.1	330	29.3
Education
< 12 Years	4653	6.8	1265	25.7	294	11.0	4384	40.8	420	37.2
High School Degree	11,880	17.4	1573	31.9	393	14.7	3170	29.5	372	33.0
Some College	24,920	36.4	1595	32.4	492	18.4	2270	21.1	264	23.4
College Degree or Higher	26,863	39.3	493	10.0	1498	55.9	919	8.6	52	4.6
Insurance Status at Time of Birth
Medicaid	17,072	24.9	3322	67.4	586	21.9	6418	59.7	755	66.9
Private	45,380	66.3	1195	24.2	1805	67.4	2807	26.1	166	14.7
Self-Pay	1647	2.4	168	3.4	138	5.2	966	9.0	67	5.9
Other	4327	6.3	243	4.9	149	5.6	557	5.2	140	12.4
Pre-Pregnancy BMI
Underweight	2545	3.7	238	4.8	352	13.1	509	4.7	45	4.0
Normal Weight	36,704	53.6	2269	46.0	1769	66.1	5632	52.4	507	44.9
Overweight	15,917	23.3	1215	24.7	380	14.2	2581	24.0	238	21.1
Obese	10,413	15.2	917	18.6	137	5.1	1500	14.0	216	19.1
Morbidly Obese	1870	2.7	205	4.2	14	0.5	237	2.2	38	3.4
Super Obese	204	0.3	40	0.8	–	0.0	27	0.3	6	0.5
Used Tobacco During Pregnancy	10,337	15.1	454	9.2	69	2.6	527	4.9	273	24.2

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