Risk Factors and Characteristics for 1998 North Carolina Resident Live Births

		TOTAL				WHITE				OTHER RACES
		Number	%	% Change		Number	%	% Change		Number	%	% Change
Total		111,631		+4.4		79,236		+4.5		32,395		+4.0
Birthweight
	Under 500 grams	294	0.3	+1.3		101	0.1	-21.5		193	0.6	+19.8
	500 - 1,499 grams	1,826	1.6	-1.0		907	1.1	-3.9		919	2.8	+2.3
	1,500 - 2,499 grams	7,750	6.9	+0.3		4,570	5.8	+0.3		3,180	9.8	+0.5
	2,500+ grams	101,707	91.1	0.0		73,620	92.9	+0.1		28,087	86.7	-0.2
	Unknown	54	0.0			38	0.0			16	0.0
Mother's Age
	Under 18 Years	5,808	5.2	-5.8		2,995	3.8	-6.4		2,813	8.7	-5.0
	18-34 Years	94,135	84.3	+0.1		67,123	84.7	0.0		27,012	83.4	+0.4
	35+ Years	11,685	10.5	+2.1		9,115	11.5	+2.1		2,570	7.9	+1.9
	Unknown	3	0.0			3	0.0			0	-
Mother's Education
	Under 9 years	5,675	5.1	+4.0		4,755	6.0	+6.3		920	2.8	-6.8
	9 - 11 Years	18,551	16.6	-0.5		11,187	14.1	-0.6		7,364	22.7	-0.1
	12+ Years	87,195	78.1	-0.2		63,139	79.7	-0.4		24,056	74.3	+0.2
	Unknown	210	0.2			155	0.2			55	0.2
Out-of-Wedlock
	Yes	36,592	32.8	+1.8		16,495	20.8	+4.9		20,097	62.0	-0.4
	No	75,022	67.2	-0.8		62,735	79.2	-1.2		12,290	37.9	+0.6
	Unknown	17	0.0			9	0.0			8	0.0
Parity
	1	38,382	34.4	-1.3		28,322	35.7	-1.6		10,060	31.1	-0.8
	2 - 3	55,176	49.4	+1.1		39,595	50.0	+1.0		15,581	48.1	+1.4
	4+	17,897	16.0	-0.1		11,190	14.1	+1.3		6,707	20.7	-2.0
	Unknown	176	0.2			129	0.2			47	0.1
Trimester Care Began
	First	93,837	84.1	+0.7		69,494	87.7	0.0		24,343	75.1	+2.9
	Second	13,912	12.5	-2.2		7,754	9.8	+1.9		6.158	19.0	-6.9
	Third	2,243	2.0	-8.6		1,161	1.5	-6.4		1,082	3.3	-10.7
	No Care	1,028	0.9	-9.6		448	0.6	-7.2		580	1.8	-11.2
	Unknown	611	0.5			379	0.5			232	0.7
Mother Smoked?
	Yes	16,584	14.9	-1.9		12,968	16.4	-1.9		3,616	11.2	-1.8
	No	94,890	85.0	+0.4		66,157	83.5	+0.5		28,733	88.7	+0.2
	Unknown	157	0.1			111	0.1			46	0.1
Method of Delivery
	Vaginal	87,261	78.2	-0.4		62,103	78.4	-0.1		25,158	77.7	-1.1
	C-Section	24,338	21.8	+1.8		17,116	21.6	+0.9		7,222	22.3	+4.1
	Unknown	32	0.0			17	0.0			15	0.0
Infants of 500-1,499 grams only
Level of Care**
	Level III	1,430	78.3	-3.0		730	80.5	-0.2		700	76.2	-3.8
	Other	352	19.3	+0.7		155	17.1	-3.6		197	21.4	+5.8
	Unknown	44	2.4			22	2.4			22	2.4

* % Change 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

Source: State Center for Health Statistics
NC Department of Health and Human Services