Risk Factors and Characteristics for
2002 North Carolina Resident Live Births

		TOTAL			WHITE			OTHER RACES
		NUMBER	%	% CHG	NUMBER	%	% CHG	NUMBER	%	% CHG
Total		117,307		-0.7	85,117		-0.1	32,190		-2.2
Birthweight
	Under 500 grams	283	0.2	-2.1	115	0.1	-9.4	168	0.5	+4.7
	500 - 1,499 grams	1,892	1.6	-4.8	981	1.2	-9.7	911	2.8	+1.8
	1,500 - 2,499 grams	8,375	7.1	+1.8	5,155	6.1	+2.4	3,220	10.0	+1.4
	2,500+ grams	106,725	91.0	0.0	78,847	92.6	+0.0	27,878	86.6	-0.2
	Unknown	32	0.0		19	0.0		13	0.0
Mother's Age
	Under 18 Years	4,890	4.2	-1.4	2,717	3.2	+0.5	2,173	6.8	-3.0
	18 - 34 Years	99,103	84.5	-0.2	71,946	84.5	-0.3	27,157	84.4	+0.2
	35+ Years	13,311	11.3	+1.9	10,451	12.3	+2.1	2,860	8.9	+0.5
	Unknown	3	0.0		3	0.0		0
Mother's Education
	Under 9 Years	7,859	6.7	+0.6	7,027	8.3	-1.0	832	2.6	+11.8
	9 - 11 Years	18,793	16.0	-2.3	12,105	14.2	-1.5	6,688	20.8	-3.2
	12+ Years	90,455	77.1	+0.4	65,839	77.4	+0.4	24,616	76.5	+0.5
	Unknown	200	0.2		146	0.2		54	0.2
Out-of-Wedlock
	Yes	40,646	34.6	+1.1	21,180	24.9	+3.6	19,466	60.5	-0.6
	No	76,620	65.3	-0.6	63,909	75.1	-1.1	12,711	39.5	+0.9
	Unknown	41	0.0		28	0.0		13	0.0
Parity
	1	39,259	33.5	-0.4	29,327	34.5	-0.7	9,932	30.9	+0.2
	2 - 3	57,818	49.3	-0.5	42,622	50.1	-0.6	15,196	47.2	-0.2
	4+	20,037	17.1	+2.0	13,030	15.3	+3.4	7,007	21.8	+0.1
	Unknown	193	0.2		138	0.2		55	0.2
Trimester Care Began
	First	98,226	83.7	-0.2	73,832	86.7	-0.1	24,394	75.8	-0.6
	Second	14,824	12.6	+1.2	8,847	10.4	+1.5	5,977	18.6	+1.4
	Third	2,329	2.0	-7.4	1,352	1.6	-8.4	977	3.0	-5.3
	No Care	1,083	0.9	+4.0	531	0.6	-0.3	552	1.7	+9.6
	Unknown	845	0.7		555	0.7		290	0.9
Mother smoked?
	Yes	15,440	13.2	-5.7	11,916	14.0	-6.9	3,524	10.9	-1.9
	No	101,629	86.6	+0.9	73,024	85.8	+1.2	28,605	88.9	+0.3
	Unknown	238	0.2		177	0.2		61	0.2
Method of Delivery
	Vaginal	85,807	73.1	-2.1	62,665	73.6	-2.1	23,142	71.9	-2.3
	C-Section	31,478	26.8	+6.3	22,440	26.4	+6.2	9,038	28.1	+6.4
	Unknown	22	0.0		12	0.0		10	0.0
Infants of 500 - 1,499 grams only
Level of Care**
	Level III	1,447	78.1	-1.8	721	75.7	-6.0	726	80.7	+2.9
	Other	405	21.9	+7.1	231	24.3	+24.7	174	19.3	-10.4

* % 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

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