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State Data
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Percent of Infants Born at Low Birth Weight, Women Receiving First Trimester Prenatal Care, and Births to Unmarried Women, by State and Race of Mother: 2004 |
Source: Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Kimeyer S. Births: final data for 2004. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 55 No. 1; 2006 Sep. |
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Low Birth Weight/Early Prenatal Care |
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Births to Unmarried Women |
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Total * |
NH White |
NH Black |
Total |
NH White |
NH Black |
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Total |
White ** |
Black ** |
Hisp |
United States | 8.1 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 83.9 | 88.9 | 76.5 | | 35.8 | 24.5 | 69.3 | 46.4 |
Alabama | 10.4 | 8.5 | 15.1 | 84 | 90.1 | 77.2 | | 36.2 | 21.1 | 70.6 | 25.1 |
Alaska | 6 | 5.1 | 9.3 | 80.7 | 85.4 | 85.2 | | 34.6 | 22.4 | 39.3 | 34.9 |
Arizona | 7.2 | 7.3 | 12 | 76.3 | 87.2 | 77.8 | | 42.2 | 25.2 | 61.2 | 54 |
Arkansas | 9.3 | 8.1 | 15.5 | 82.3 | 85.4 | 76.1 | | 38.8 | 28.4 | 77 | 42.4 |
California | 6.7 | 6.3 | 12.4 | 87.1 | 90.7 | 83.5 | | 34.4 | 20.5 | 63.3 | 44.5 |
Colorado | 9 | 8.7 | 14.6 | 80.2 | 86.2 | 72 | | 27.5 | 18.9 | 52.8 | 41.6 |
Connecticut | 7.8 | 6.7 | 12.7 | 87.2 | 92.3 | 77.4 | | 30.6 | 17 | 66.7 | 62.2 |
Delaware | 9 | 7.4 | 13.8 | 85.1 | 90 | 81.7 | | 42.3 | 27.9 | 71.2 | 58.1 |
DC | 11.1 | 5.6 | 14.1 | 77.8 | 91.8 | 72.8 | | 55.9 | 6.3 | 77.5 | 62.9 |
Florida | 8.5 | 7.3 | 13.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 41.4 | 30.4 | 67.4 | 43.1 |
Georgia | 9.3 | 7.4 | 14 | 83.9 | 90.3 | 79.4 | | 39.2 | 22.6 | 66.5 | 45.2 |
Hawaii | 7.9 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 81.8 | 85.2 | 87.4 | | 33.4 | 23.6 | 28.4 | 44.6 |
Idaho | 6.8 | 6.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 22.6 | 19.2 | 37.8 | 37.2 |
Illinois | 8.4 | 7.3 | 14.6 | 85.5 | 90.8 | 74.2 | | 36.3 | 22.1 | 77.5 | 45.4 |
Indiana | 8.1 | 7.5 | 13.6 | 80.8 | 84.3 | 68.5 | | 38.8 | 32.5 | 77.9 | 52.7 |
Iowa | 7 | 6.9 | 11 | 88.4 | 90 | 76.3 | | 31 | 28.1 | 72.9 | 44.4 |
Kansas | 7.3 | 7 | 13.7 | 86.5 | 89.8 | 78.3 | | 33 | 27.8 | 71.2 | 45.3 |
Kentucky | 8.8 | 8.4 | 13.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 35 | 30.7 | 75.7 | 48.9 |
Louisiana | 10.9 | 8 | 15.2 | 85.5 | 91.5 | 77.4 | | 49.1 | 29.7 | 76.7 | 40.7 |
Maine | 6.4 | 6.4 | N/A | 88.5 | 88.9 | 80.2 | | 34.1 | 34 | 35.5 | 31.7 |
Maryland | 9.3 | 7.4 | 13.2 | 82.3 | 90.2 | 74.7 | | 35.7 | 21.2 | 59.6 | 48.9 |
Massachusetts | 7.8 | 7.2 | 11.8 | 89.6 | 92.2 | 80.4 | | 28.5 | 20.4 | 57.1 | 63.1 |
Michigan | 8.3 | 7.1 | 14.5 | 85.9 | 89.8 | 71.9 | | 35.7 | 26.6 | 74 | 45.7 |
Minnesota | 6.5 | 6 | 10.5 | 86.3 | 90.4 | 74 | | 29 | 22.4 | 57.7 | 51.6 |
Mississippi | 11.6 | 8.7 | 15.5 | 84.4 | 90.6 | 77.6 | | 48.3 | 25.5 | 76.7 | 46.8 |
Missouri | 8.3 | 7.3 | 14 | 88.2 | 90.2 | 80.4 | | 37 | 29.4 | 77 | 47.5 |
Montana | 7.6 | 7.6 | N/A | 83.2 | 86.4 | 93.6 | | 34.3 | 27.8 | 51.1 | 40.8 |
Nebraska | 7 | 7 | 11.8 | 82.9 | 86 | 72.5 | | 30.2 | 24.2 | 69.5 | 43.9 |
Nevada | 8 | 7.8 | 13.8 | 75 | 83.8 | 68.8 | | 39.7 | 29.3 | 68.8 | 47.8 |
New Hampshire | 6.8 | 6.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 26.4 | 25.9 | 40 | 40.4 |
New Jersey | 8.3 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 79.1 | 88.4 | 63.3 | | 30.1 | 13.6 | 64.8 | 54.4 |
New Mexico | 8.1 | 8 | 14.7 | 69.4 | 76.5 | 66.9 | | 48.8 | 28.3 | 54.3 | 55.8 |
New York | 8.2 | 6.9 | 13 |
N/A |
N/A | N/A | | 37.8 | 20.7 | 67.3 | 61.6 |
North Carolina | 9 | 7.7 | 14.2 | 84 | 90.4 | 76.5 | | 36.9 | 22 | 68.1 | 50.1 |
North Dakota | 6.6 | 6.4 | N/A | 85.7 | 88.7 | 81.1 | | 29.9 | 22.9 | 26.4 | 35.3 |
Ohio | 8.5 | 7.5 | 14 | 87.8 | 89.9 | 78.6 | | 37.4 | 29.8 | 76 | 52.4 |
Oklahoma | 8 | 7.8 | 13 | 78.1 | 82.3 | 72.2 | | 38.4 | 31.3 | 71.7 | 46.1 |
Oregon | 6 | 6 | 10.6 | 80.5 | 84 | 73.6 | | 32.5 | 28.8 | 65.4 | 44.5 |
Pennsylvania | 8.2 | 7.1 | 13.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 35.2 | 26 | 74.8 | 61 |
Rhode Island | 8 | 7.3 | 11 | 90 | 92.5 | 82.4 | | 37.3 | 27 | 64.1 | 60.7 |
South Carolina | 10.2 | 7.9 | 15.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 41.9 | 24.9 | 73.2 | 43.8 |
South Dakota | 6.9 | 6.9 | N/A | 77.9 | 83.4 | 63.6 | | 35.1 | 25.4 | 42.1 | 46.8 |
Tennessee | 9.2 | 8.2 | 13.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 38.2 | 27.5 | 74.4 | 48.8 |
Texas | 8 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 81.8 | 88.2 | 78.4 | | 36 | 23.6 | 64.2 | 40.7 |
Utah | 6.7 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 80 | 83.7 | 60.5 | | 17.5 | 12.6 | 45.6 | 40.5 |
Vermont | 6.4 | 6.3 | N/A | 90 | 90.4 | 71.7 | | 32.3 | 32.5 | 49.1 | 34.7 |
Virginia | 8.3 | 7 | 12.8 | 85.6 | 90.5 | 79 | | 31 | 20 | 62.4 | 44 |
Washington | 6.2 | 5.7 | 11.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 30.4 | 25.7 | 55.2 | 44.1 |
West Virginia | 9.3 | 9.1 | 14.3 | 86 | 86.4 | 76.2 | | 34.8 | 33.6 | 76.7 | 34.4 |
Wisconsin | 7 | 6.2 | 13.6 | 85.3 | 88.7 | 76.9 | | 31.3 | 23.5 | 81.9 | 47.8 |
Wyoming | 8.6 | 8.5 | N/A | 85.2 | 87 | 83.3 | | 31.7 | 27.9 | 46.3 | 49 |
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Child Health USA 2006 is not copyrighted. Readers are free to duplicate and use all or part of the information contained on this page. Suggested Citation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Child Health USA 2006. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006. |