Child Health USA 2002
Text: Maternal and Child Health
STATE-SPECIFIC DATA

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PERCENTAGE OF INFANTS BORN AT LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, WOMEN RECEIVING FIRST TRIMESTER PRENATAL CARE, AND BIRTHS TO WOMEN UNDER 18, BY RACE OF MOTHER AND STATE: 2000
Source (IV.1): National Center for Health Statistics

 

Percentage at Low
Birth Weight

Percentage with Early
Prenatal Care

Percentage of Births to
Women < 18


State


All***


White


Black

 


All***


White


Black

 


All***


White


Black


Hispanic

United States†

7.6

6.5

13.0

83.2

85.0

74.3

4.1

3.5

7.8

6.3

Alabama

9.7

7.7

14.0

82.8

88.1

72.0

5.7

4.2

8.8

6.8

Alaska

5.6

4.9

11.7

80.1

84.2

81.8

4.0

2.4

8.2

5.2

Arizona

7.0

6.8

12.8

76.5

77.0

74.1

5.3

5.1

7.5

8.0

Arkansas

8.6

7.2

13.7

79.7

82.6

69.1

5.7

4.5

10.4

5.0

California

6.2

5.6

11.6

84.5

84.5

81.9

3.7

3.9

5.3

5.5

Colorado

8.4

8.0

14.8

80.7

81.0

75.2

4.2

4.1

7.1

8.2

Connecticut

7.4

6.8

12.0

89.4

90.6

81.8

2.7

2.2

6.2

7.8

Deleware

8.6

7.1

13.2

85.3

87.8

77.4

4.4

2.8

9.7

5.7

DC

11.9

7.4

14.0

75.3

85.5

70.2

5.7

2.3

7.5

6.2

Florida

8.0

6.6

12.3

83.7

86.8

73.6

4.5

3.5

8.1

4.7

Georgia

8.6

6.6

12.7

86.9

89.8

81.1

4.9

3.7

7.5

5.5

Hawaii

7.5

5.3

10.4

85.5

89.5

89.3

3.2

1.0

2.5

6.1

Idaho

6.7

6.7

*

80.9

81.2

74.0

3.4

3.3

9.3

9.0

Illinois

7.9

6.4

14.1

82.4

84.9

71.3

4.1

2.9

9.7

5.3

Indiana

7.4

6.7

12.6

80.8

82.3

68.5

4.0

3.5

8.3

5.2

Iowa

6.1

5.9

11.7

88.2

88.7

77.4

3.1

2.9

9.5

6.5

Kansas

6.9

6.5

12.2

86.9

87.6

79.1

3.6

3.3

8.2

7.1

Kentucky

8.2

7.7

13.7

86.8

87.6

78.6

4.5

4.2

8.2

5.1

Louisiana

10.3

7.4

14.3

83.3

90.5

73.6

6.0

3.4

9.7

3.6

Maine

6.0

6.0

*

88.7

89.0

75.9

2.7

2.7

6.3

2.1

Maryland

8.6

6.4

12.8

86.4

90.8

77.7

3.6

2.2

6.6

3.7

Massachusetts

7.1

6.7

10.7

89.3

90.9

79.4

2.2

2.0

4.4

7.9

Michigan

7.9

6.4

14.5

84.2

87.2

70.1

3.6

2.7

7.6

6.3

Minnesota

6.1

5.7

11.0

84.8

87.3

67.5

2.7

2.0

7.5

6.5

Mississippi

10.7

7.9

14.0

81.3

88.8

72.4

7.2

4.5

10.5

5.9

Missouri

7.6

6.6

13.2

87.8

89.4

79.0

4.4

3.5

9.2

5.5

Montana

6.2

6.1

*

83.3

86.1

86.4

3.8

2.9

4.4

7.0

Nebraska

6.8

6.4

13.0

83.2

84.5

68.0

3.2

2.7

9.4

5.3

Nevada

7.2

6.7

12.9

74.4

75.0

65.9

4.4

4.2

7.8

6.4

New Hampshire

6.3

6.3

*

91.1

91.4

76.7

1.8

1.8

3.8

3.8

New Jersey

7.7

6.5

12.8

80.6

84.5

64.0

2.4

1.8

6.0

4.9

New Mexico

8.0

8.2

13.1

68.6

70.1

65.8

6.5

6.5

8.4

8.6

New York

7.7

6.7

11.4

80.9

84.3

71.4

2.8

2.4

5.2

5.2

North Carolina

8.8

7.1

13.6

84.6

87.7

75.9

4.5

3.4

7.9

5.6

North Dakota

6.4

6.5

*

86.3

88.8

78.0

2.5

1.8

*

4.5

Ohio

7.9

7.0

13.1

86.4

88.4

75.3

3.9

3.1

8.9

6.5

Oklahoma

7.5

6.9

13.1

79.1

81.3

70.7

5.3

4.6

8.6

8.5

Oregon

5.6

5.4

11.0

81.3

81.6

76.2

3.8

3.7

7.3

6.9

Pennsylvania

7.7

6.7

13.5

85.4

87.6

72.6

3.5

2.6

9.0

9.1

Rhode Island

7.2

6.5

13.1

90.8

91.7

85.9

3.5

3.2

6.0

6.6

South Carolina

9.7

7.2

14.2

79.4

84.2

70.9

5.6

3.8

8.9

6.2

South Dakota

6.2

5.9

*

78.7

82.6

70.5

3.6

2.4

5.7

6.3

Tennessee

9.2

7.8

14.6

83.1

86.0

72.2

5.0

4.0

8.9

6.2

Texas

7.4

6.7

12.7

78.8

78.8

76.3

5.7

5.6

7.9

7.7

Utah

6.6

6.5

12.5

79.4

80.4

56.6

2.8

2.7

5.8

6.5

Vermont

6.1

6.0

*

88.5

88.6

74.2

2.2

2.2

3.1

9.1

Virginia

7.9

6.5

12.6

85.2

88.2

76.0

3.2

2.2

6.7

3.9

Washington

5.6

5.2

10.6

82.6

83.4

74.8

3.3

3.2

5.6

7.0

West Virginia

8.3

8.1

15.4

86.1

86.7

70.2

4.1

3.9

8.7

4.0

Wisconsin

6.5

5.8

13.3

84.2

86.5

69.9

3.3

2.3

11.2

7.1

Wyoming

8.3

8.3

*

82.7

83.4

73.7

3.8

3.6

8.8

7.0

 
* figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision
† excludes data for the territories
*** includes races other than white and black

 

 

 

 

 

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