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Risk Factors and Characteristics For
1996 North Carolina Resident Live Births

		TOTAL	WHITE	%	%CHG*	NONWHITE	%	%CHG*
		104428	73745			30683
BIRTHWEIGHT
	< 500	227	96	0.1	0.0	131	0.4	-20.0
	500-1499	1654	816	1.1	0.0	838	2.7	0.0
	1500-2499	7247	4110	5.6	0.0	3137	10.2	3.0
	2500+	95265	68700	93.2	0.0	26565	86.6	-0.2
MOTHER’S AGE
	< 18	6293	3061	4.2	0.0	3232	10.5	-4.5
	18-34	88170	62965	85.4	-0.1	25205	82.2	0.1
	35+	9961	7716	10.5	1.9	2245	7.3	5.8
MOTHER’S EDUCATION
	< 9	4271	3703	5.0	16.3	1018	3.3	-8.3
	9-11	17738	10561	14.3	0.0	7177	23.4	0.4
	12+	81762	59339	80.5	-1.0	22423	73.1	0.3
OUT-OF-WEDLOCK
	YES	33396	14042	19.0	5.0	19354	63.1	0.2
	NO	71007	59686	80.9	-1.2	11321	36.9	-0.3
PARITY
	1	36874	26979	36.6	-1.9	9895	32.2	-6.4
	2-3	51069	36630	49.7	0.2	14439	47.1	2.6
	4+	16350	10037	13.6	4.6	6313	20.6	5.1
TRIMESTER CARE BEGAN
	FIRST	86708	64653	87.7	-0.3	22055	71.9	0.6
	SECOND	13686	7216	9.8	2.1	6470	21.1	-3.2
	THIRD	2342	1107	1.5	0.0	1235	4.0	2.6
	NO CARE	1123	425	0.6	0.0	698	2.3	4.5
SMOKED
	YES	16451	12846	17.4	-1.7	3605	11.8	0.9
	NO	87849	60812	82.5	0.4	27037	88.1	-0.1
DELIVERY
	VAGINAL	82168	57990	78.6	0.9	24178	78.8	0.4
	C-SECTION	22228	15728	21.3	-3.6	6500	21.2	-1.4
**500-1499g INFANTS DELIVERED, BY LEVEL OF CARE
	LEVEL III	1325	656	82.0	-0.8	669	81.4	-0.6
	OTHER	297	144	18.0	4.0	153	18.6	2.8

Note: Births with missing data are omitted from the various categories, and all percentages except those for level of care are calculated based on total births (at top of page).
* %CHG is the percent change in the percentage from 1995 to 1996.
** Numbers are resident births occurring in North Carolina hospitals.

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