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Risk Factors and Characteristics for 2020 NC Resident Live Births: Medicaid Deliveries (Prenatal and Emergency) by Race/Ethnicity
  TOTAL RACE/ETHNICITY:
...White, Non-Hispanic ...Black, Non-Hispanic ...Am. Ind., Non-Hispanic ...Other, Non-Hispanic ...Hispanic
Births Births Births Births Births Births
# % # % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 62,354 100.0 23,455 37.6 21,653 34.7 1,180 1.9 1,682 2.7 14,384 23.1
MOTHER'S MEDICAID STATUS: 55,332 88.7 23,410 99.8 21,581 99.7 1,180 100.0 1,610 95.7 7,551 52.5
...Prenatal Medicaid1
...Emergency Medicaid2 7,022 11.3 45 0.2 72 0.3 0 0 72 4.3 6,833 47.5
BIRTHWEIGHT GROUP: 160 0.3 46 0.2 92 0.4 2 0.2 1 0.1 19 0.1
...Less than 500 grams
...500-1499 grams 1,118 1.8 324 1.4 596 2.8 17 1.4 19 1.1 162 1.1
...1500-2499 grams 5,979 9.6 1,993 8.5 2,774 12.8 121 10.3 121 7.2 970 6.7
...2500+ grams 55,084 88.3 21,086 89.9 18,189 84.0 1,040 88.1 1,540 91.6 13,229 92.0
...Unknown 13 0.0 6 0.0 2 0.0 0 0 1 0.1 4 0.0
(OBSTETRIC) WEEKS OF GESTATION: 489 0.8 124 0.5 266 1.2 11 0.9 6 0.4 82 0.6
...< 27 weeks
...27-31 weeks 893 1.4 296 1.3 431 2.0 8 0.7 20 1.2 138 1.0
...32-36 weeks 6,326 10.1 2,320 9.9 2,534 11.7 117 9.9 132 7.8 1,223 8.5
...37+ weeks 54,617 87.6 20,697 88.2 18,414 85.0 1,044 88.5 1,523 90.5 12,939 90.0
...Unknown 29 0.0 18 0.1 8 0.0 0 0 1 0.1 2 0.0
MOTHER'S AGE: 1,302 2.1 377 1.6 494 2.3 27 2.3 13 0.8 391 2.7
...< 18 years
...18-34 years 53,628 86.0 20,627 87.9 19,100 88.2 1,070 90.7 1,359 80.8 11,472 79.8
...35+ years 7,423 11.9 2,450 10.4 2,059 9.5 83 7.0 310 18.4 2,521 17.5
...Unknown 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MOTHER'S EDUCATION: 13,216 21.2 3,533 15.1 2,975 13.7 227 19.2 393 23.4 6,088 42.3
...Less than High School
...High School Graduate or GED 23,337 37.4 8,620 36.8 8,980 41.5 482 40.8 537 31.9 4,718 32.8
...Some College 20,198 32.4 9,052 38.6 7,596 35.1 403 34.2 446 26.5 2,701 18.8
...Bachelors Degree 4,389 7.0 1,810 7.7 1,657 7.7 56 4.7 227 13.5 639 4.4
...Masters or PhD 970 1.6 380 1.6 395 1.8 10 0.8 64 3.8 121 0.8
...Unknown 244 0.4 60 0.3 50 0.2 2 0.2 15 0.9 117 0.8
MARITAL STATUS: 20,277 32.5 9,613 41.0 3,696 17.1 273 23.1 1,041 61.9 5,654 39.3
...Married
...Unmarried 42,055 67.4 13,827 59.0 17,950 82.9 907 76.9 641 38.1 8,730 60.7
...Unknown 22 0.0 15 0.1 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PARITY: 17,485 28.0 7,088 30.2 5,934 27.4 357 30.3 431 25.6 3,675 25.5
...1
...2-3 27,295 43.8 10,472 44.6 9,080 41.9 531 45.0 822 48.9 6,390 44.4
...4+ 17,523 28.1 5,872 25.0 6,620 30.6 292 24.7 427 25.4 4,312 30.0
...Unknown 51 0.1 23 0.1 19 0.1 0 0 2 0.1 7 0.0
PLURALITY: 60,249 96.6 22,692 96.7 20,681 95.5 1,161 98.4 1,650 98.1 14,065 97.8
...Singleton
...Twin 2,048 3.3 735 3.1 955 4.4 19 1.6 29 1.7 310 2.2
...Other Multiples 57 0.1 28 0.1 17 0.1 0 0 3 0.2 9 0.1
METHOD OF DELIVERY: 43,854 70.3 16,262 69.3 14,736 68.1 833 70.6 1,244 74.0 10,779 74.9
...Vaginal
...C-Section 18,479 29.6 7,185 30.6 6,908 31.9 347 29.4 436 25.9 3,603 25.0
...Unknown 21 0.0 8 0.0 9 0.0 0 0 2 0.1 2 0.0
TRIMESTER CARE BEGAN: 40,389 64.8 16,464 70.2 13,651 63.0 773 65.5 985 58.6 8,516 59.2
...First
...Second 15,246 24.5 4,656 19.9 5,644 26.1 265 22.5 539 32.0 4,142 28.8
...Third 3,768 6.0 1,248 5.3 1,378 6.4 72 6.1 102 6.1 968 6.7
...No care 2,114 3.4 766 3.3 766 3.5 55 4.7 42 2.5 485 3.4
...Unknown 837 1.3 321 1.4 214 1.0 15 1.3 14 0.8 273 1.9
KOTELCHUCK INDEX: 1,126 1.8 408 1.7 290 1.3 17 1.4 19 1.1 392 2.7
...Missing
...Inadequate 13,942 22.4 4,436 18.9 5,186 24.0 272 23.1 420 25.0 3,628 25.2
...Intermediate 4,302 6.9 1,414 6.0 1,443 6.7 92 7.8 88 5.2 1,265 8.8
...Adequate 17,571 28.2 6,930 29.5 5,600 25.9 361 30.6 460 27.3 4,220 29.3
...Adequate Plus 25,413 40.8 10,267 43.8 9,134 42.2 438 37.1 695 41.3 4,879 33.9
PLACE OF DELIVERY: 61,893 99.3 23,178 98.8 21,535 99.5 1,178 99.8 1,671 99.3 14,331 99.6
...Hospital
...Home Birth (Intentional or not) 142 0.2 65 0.3 57 0.3 1 0.1 3 0.2 16 0.1
...Other 319 0.5 212 0.9 61 0.3 1 0.1 8 0.5 37 0.3
MOTHER SMOKED? 7,064 11.3 4,781 20.4 1,748 8.1 259 21.9 34 2.0 242 1.7
...Yes
...No 55,268 88.6 18,660 79.6 19,900 91.9 919 77.9 1,647 97.9 14,142 98.3
...Unknown 22 0.0 14 0.1 5 0.0 2 0.2 1 0.1 0 0
PRE-PREGNANCY BMI: 2,188 3.5 1,058 4.5 705 3.3 48 4.1 108 6.4 269 1.9
...Underweight (<18.5)
...Normal (18.5-24.9) 20,401 32.7 8,585 36.6 6,351 29.3 342 29.0 772 45.9 4,351 30.2
...Overweight (25.0-29.9) 15,892 25.5 5,522 23.5 5,137 23.7 247 20.9 457 27.2 4,529 31.5
...Obese (30.0+) 22,451 36.0 7,934 33.8 9,002 41.6 425 36.0 303 18.0 4,787 33.3
...Unknown 1,422 2.3 356 1.5 458 2.1 118 10.0 42 2.5 448 3.1
INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE: 45,230 72.5 16,958 72.3 14,064 65.0 548 46.4 1,327 78.9 12,333 85.7
...Yes
...No 17,007 27.3 6,436 27.4 7,542 34.8 627 53.1 355 21.1 2,047 14.2
...Unknown 117 0.2 61 0.3 47 0.2 5 0.4 0 0 4 0.0
MOTHER'S WIC STATUS: 39,021 62.6 13,505 57.6 14,852 68.6 647 54.8 941 55.9 9,076 63.1
...Prenatal WIC
...No Prenatal WIC 23,333 37.4 9,950 42.4 6,801 31.4 533 45.2 741 44.1 5,308 36.9