RISK FACTORS AND CHARACTERISTICS FOR

2006 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS:

TO CHILDREN RECEIVING CHILD SERVICE COORDINATION

WITHIN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS OF LIFE

	TOTAL		RACE/ETHNICITY
			White, Non-Hispanic		Black, Non-Hispanic		Other, Non-Hispanic		Hispanic
	Births		Births		Births		Births		Births
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
TOTAL	12,068	100.0	5,259	100.0	4,249	100.0	421	100.0	2,139	100.0
RESIDENT BIRTHS
BIRTHWEIGHT GROUP:	2	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
< 500 grams
500-1499 grams	703	5.8	308	5.9	302	7.1	16	3.8	77	3.6
1500-2499 grams	2,089	17.3	947	18.0	827	19.5	93	22.1	222	10.4
2500+ grams	9,273	76.8	4,002	76.1	3,119	73.4	312	74.1	1,840	86.0
Unknown	1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WEEKS OF GESTATION:	76	0.6	31	0.6	37	0.9	1	0.2	7	0.3
< 27 weeks
27-31 weeks	782	6.5	359	6.8	314	7.4	14	3.3	95	4.4
32-36 weeks	2,211	18.3	1,076	20.5	784	18.5	88	20.9	263	12.3
37+ weeks	8,991	74.5	3,789	72.0	3,110	73.2	318	75.5	1,774	82.9
Unknown	8	0.1	4	0.1	4	0.1	0	0	0	0
MOTHER'S AGE:	1,537	12.7	513	9.8	681	16.0	55	13.1	288	13.5
< 18 years
18-34 years	9,620	79.7	4,311	82.0	3,284	77.3	326	77.4	1,699	79.4
35+ years	911	7.5	435	8.3	284	6.7	40	9.5	152	7.1
MOTHER'S EDUCATION:	1,438	11.9	297	5.6	237	5.6	37	8.8	867	40.5
< 9 years
9 - 11 years	4,003	33.2	1,525	29.0	1,621	38.2	151	35.9	706	33.0
12 years	3,934	32.6	1,861	35.4	1,569	36.9	128	30.4	376	17.6
> 12 years	2,651	22.0	1,565	29.8	810	19.1	104	24.7	172	8.0
Unknown	42	0.3	11	0.2	12	0.3	1	0.2	18	0.8
MARRIED:	4,019	33.3	2,410	45.8	621	14.6	171	40.6	817	38.2
Yes
No	8,047	66.7	2,848	54.2	3,628	85.4	250	59.4	1,321	61.8
Unknown	2	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
PARITY:	4,469	37.0	2,028	38.6	1,530	36.0	160	38.0	751	35.1
1
2-3	5,062	41.9	2,236	42.5	1,699	40.0	177	42.0	950	44.4
4+	2,524	20.9	992	18.9	1,013	23.8	83	19.7	436	20.4
Unknown	13	0.1	3	0.1	7	0.2	1	0.2	2	0.1
TRIMESTER CARE BEGAN:	8,546	70.8	4,124	78.4	2,802	65.9	290	68.9	1,330	62.2
First
Second	2,538	21.0	839	16.0	997	23.5	96	22.8	606	28.3
Third	523	4.3	146	2.8	234	5.5	20	4.8	123	5.8
No care	287	2.4	90	1.7	150	3.5	8	1.9	39	1.8
Unknown	174	1.4	60	1.1	66	1.6	7	1.7	41	1.9
KOTELCHUCK INDEX:	265	2.2	98	1.9	98	2.3	9	2.1	60	2.8
Missing
Inadequate	2,269	18.8	709	13.5	980	23.1	79	18.8	501	23.4
Intermediate	1,085	9.0	407	7.7	361	8.5	33	7.8	284	13.3
Adequate	3,378	28.0	1,529	29.1	1,019	24.0	130	30.9	700	32.7
Adequate Plus	5,071	42.0	2,516	47.8	1,791	42.2	170	40.4	594	27.8
MOTHER SMOKED?	2,827	23.4	1,865	35.5	802	18.9	118	28.0	42	2.0
Yes
No	9,232	76.5	3,390	64.5	3,442	81.0	303	72.0	2,097	98.0
Unknown	9	0.1	4	0.1	5	0.1	0	0	0	0
METHOD OF DELIVERY:	8,022	66.5	3,345	63.6	2,860	67.3	278	66.0	1,539	71.9
Vaginal
C-Section	4,043	33.5	1,912	36.4	1,388	32.7	143	34.0	600	28.1
Unknown	3	0.0	2	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
MOTHER'S MEDICAID STATUS	10,772	89.3	5,232	99.5	4,216	99.2	398	94.5	926	43.3
Prenatal Medicaid*
Emergency Medicaid**	1,296	10.7	27	0.5	33	0.8	23	5.5	1,213	56.7
INFANTS 500-1499 GRAMS - Level of Care***:	556	80.8	240	79.7	239	81.3	10	62.5	67	87.0
Level III
Other	132	19.2	61	20.3	55	18.7	6	37.5	10	13.0
INFANTS <2499 GRAMS - Level of Care***:	1,725	62.3	745	60.0	726	64.8	46	42.2	208	69.6
Level III
Other	1,044	37.7	496	40.0	394	35.2	63	57.8	91	30.4

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* Medicaid paid for prenatal care and delivery. ** Medicaid paid for delivery only, not prenatal care.

*** 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