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Risk Factors and Characteristics for
2000 North Carolina Resident Live Births

		TOTAL NUMBER	TOTAL			WHITE Number	WHITE			OTHER RACES NUMBER	OTHER RACES
			NUMBER	%	% CHG		NUMBER	%	% CHG		NUMBER	%	% CHG
Total		113,755	120,247		+5.7	81,152	86,341		+6.4	32,603	33,906		+4.0
Birthweight
	Under 500 grams	266	311	0.3	+10.6	99	131	0.2	+24.4	167	180	0.5	+3.6
	500 - 1,499 grams	1,920	1,998	1.7	-1.6	1,027	1,048	1.2	-4.1	893	950	2.8	+2.3
	1,500 - 2	499 grams	7,922	8,263	6.9	-1.3	4,705	4,971	5.8	-0.7	3,217	3,292	9.7	-1.6
	2,500+ grams	103,588	109,600	91.1	0.1	75,277	80,140	92.8	+0.1	28,311	29,460	86.9	+0.1
	Unknown	59	75	0.1		44	51	0.1		15	24	0.1
Mother's Age
	Under 18 Years	5,628	5,415	4.5	-9.0	2,944	2,896	3.4	-7.5	2,684	2,519	7.4	-9.8
	18 - 34 Years	95,945	101,797	84.7	+0.4	68,696	73,307	84.9	0.3	27,249	28,490	84.0	+0.5
	35+ Years	12,176	13,031	10.8	+1.2	9,508	10,136	11.7	+0.2	2,668	2,895	8.5	+4.3
	Unknown	6	4	0.0		4	2	0.0		2	2	0.0
Mother's Education
	Under 9 Years	6,386	7,129	5.9	+5.6	5,436	6,252	7.2	+8.1	950	877	2.6	-11.2
	9 - 11 Years	18,858	19,591	16.3	-1.7	11,692	12,284	14.2	-1.3	7,166	7,307	21.6	-2.0
	12+ Years	88,224	93,173	77.5	-0.1	63,817	67,541	78.2	-0.5	24,407	25,632	75.6	+1.0
	Unknown	287	354	0.3		207	264	0.3		80	90	0.3
Out-of-Wedlock
	Yes	37,756	40,090	33.3	+0.4	17,649	19,430	22.5	+3.5	20,107	20,660	60.9	-1.2
	No	75,927	80,135	66.6	-0.2	63,453	66,898	77.5	-0.9	12,474	13,237	39.0	+2.0
	Unknown	72	22	0.0		50	13	0.0		22	9	0.0
Parity
	1	39,500	40,982	34.1	-1.8	29,396	30,751	35.6	-1.7	10,104	10,231	30.2	-2.6
	2 - 3	56,015	59,434	49.4	+0.4	40,240	43,031	49.8	+0.5	15,775	16,403	48.4	-0.0
	4+	18,035	19,608	16.3	+2.9	11,378	12,397	14.4	+2.4	6,657	7,211	21.3	+4.2
	Unknown	205	223	0.2		138	162	0.2		67	61	0.2
Trimester Care Began
	First	96,079	100,988	84.0	-0.6	71,349	75,278	87.2	-0.8	24,730	25,710	75.8	-0.0
	Second	13,520	14,535	12.1	+1.7	7,554	8,406	9.7	+4.6	5,966	6,129	18.1	-1.2
	Third	2,345	2,639	2.2	+6.5	1,303	1,495	1.7	+7.8	1,042	1,144	3.4	+5.6
	No Care	1,038	1,255	1.0	+14.4	457	614	0.7	+26.3	581	641	1.9	+6.1
	Unknown	773	830	0.7		489	548	0.6		284	282	0.8
Mother smoked?
	Yes	16,225	16,786	14.0	-2.1	12,661	13,035	15.1	-3.2	3,564	3,751	11.1	+1.2
	No	97,006	103,183	85.8	+0.6	68,063	73,101	84.7	+0.9	28,943	30,082	88.7	-0.1
	Unknown	524	278	0.2		428	205	0.2		96	73	0.2
Method of Delivery
	Vaginal	87,611	92,031	76.5	-0.6	62,753	66,433	76.9	-0.5	24,858	25,598	75.5	-1.0
	C-Section	26,125	28,198	23.5	+2.1	18,385	19,895	23.0	+1.7	7,740	8,303	24.5	+3.2
	Unknown	19	18	0.0		14	13	0.0		5	5	0.0
Infants of 500 - 1,499 grams only
Level of Care**
	Level III	1,532	1,600	81.8	+0.8	824	843	82.1	+0.1	708	757	81.5	+1.6
	Other	356	356	18.2	-3.5	181	184	17.9	-0.5	175	172	18.5	-6.6

* % CHG is percentage change from last year to this year
** Level of Care is only for North Carolina resident births occurring in North Carolina Hospitals
% Columns may not sum to 100.0% due to rounding

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