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Risk Factors and Characteristics for 2024 North Carolina Resident Live Births: By Maternal Prenatal WIC Status
  TOTAL MOTHER'S WIC STATUS:
Prenatal WIC No Prenatal WIC
Births Births Births
# % # % # %
TOTAL RESIDENT BIRTHS 122,847 100.0 42,451 34.6 80,396 65.4
RACE/ETHNICITY: 61,603 50.1 12,502 29.5 49,101 61.1
White Non-Hispanic
African American Non-Hispanic 24,563 20.0 12,579 29.6 11,984 14.9
American Indian Non-Hispanic 1,349 1.1 647 1.5 702 0.9
Asian Non-Hispanic 5,340 4.3 786 1.9 4,554 5.7
Native Hawaiian Non-Hispanic 145 0.1 64 0.2 81 0.1
Multiracial Non-Hispanic 3,697 3.0 1,476 3.5 2,221 2.8
Other Race Non-Hispanic 479 0.4 178 0.4 301 0.4
Hispanic 25,475 20.7 14,178 33.4 11,297 14.1
Unknown Race 196 0.2 41 0.1 155 0.2
BIRTHWEIGHT GROUP: 209 0.2 59 0.1 150 0.2
...Less than 500 grams
...500-1499 grams 1,622 1.3 557 1.3 1,065 1.3
...1500-2499 grams 9,541 7.8 3,783 8.9 5,758 7.2
...2500+ grams 111,441 90.7 38,048 89.6 73,393 91.3
...Unknown 34 0.0 4 0.0 30 0.0
(OBSTETRIC) WEEKS OF GESTATION: 701 0.6 218 0.5 483 0.6
...< 27 weeks
...27-31 weeks 1,307 1.1 462 1.1 845 1.1
...32-36 weeks 11,105 9.0 4,065 9.6 7,040 8.8
...37+ weeks 109,673 89.3 37,703 88.8 71,970 89.5
...Unknown 61 0.0 3 0.0 58 0.1
MOTHER'S AGE: 1,327 1.1 865 2.0 462 0.6
...< 18 years
...18-34 years 97,957 79.7 35,432 83.5 62,525 77.8
...35+ years 23,558 19.2 6,154 14.5 17,404 21.6
...Unknown 5 0.0 0 0 5 0.0
MOTHER'S EDUCATION: 14,341 11.7 9,138 21.5 5,203 6.5
...Less than High School
...High School Graduate or GED 31,133 25.3 16,645 39.2 14,488 18.0
...Some College 32,550 26.5 12,354 29.1 20,196 25.1
...Bachelors Degree 28,087 22.9 3,299 7.8 24,788 30.8
...Masters or PhD 16,181 13.2 731 1.7 15,450 19.2
...Unknown 555 0.5 284 0.7 271 0.3
MARITAL STATUS: 49,495 40.3 27,864 65.6 21,631 26.9
...Unmarried
...Unknown 692 0.6 358 0.8 334 0.4
...Married 72,660 59.1 14,229 33.5 58,431 72.7
PARITY: 39,161 31.9 12,227 28.8 26,934 33.5
...1
...2-3 54,162 44.1 17,927 42.2 36,235 45.1
...4+ 26,723 21.8 11,343 26.7 15,380 19.1
...Unknown 2,801 2.3 954 2.2 1,847 2.3
PLURALITY: 118,902 96.8 41,013 96.6 77,889 96.9
...Singleton
...Twin 3,838 3.1 1,407 3.3 2,431 3.0
...Other Multiples 92 0.1 31 0.1 61 0.1
...Missing Information 15 0.0 0 0 15 0.0
METHOD OF DELIVERY: 85,031 69.2 29,625 69.8 55,406 68.9
...Vaginal
...C-Section 37,794 30.8 12,823 30.2 24,971 31.1
...Unknown 22 0.0 3 0.0 19 0.0
TRIMESTER CARE BEGAN: 88,387 71.9 28,031 66.0 60,356 75.1
...First
...Second 22,466 18.3 10,346 24.4 12,120 15.1
...Third 5,982 4.9 2,388 5.6 3,594 4.5
...No care 5,455 4.4 1,495 3.5 3,960 4.9
...Unknown 557 0.5 191 0.4 366 0.5
KOTELCHUCK INDEX: 674 0.5 254 0.6 420 0.5
...Missing
...Inadequate 22,677 18.5 9,110 21.5 13,567 16.9
...Intermediate 5,636 4.6 2,329 5.5 3,307 4.1
...Adequate 39,278 32.0 12,839 30.2 26,439 32.9
...Adequate Plus 54,582 44.4 17,919 42.2 36,663 45.6
PLACE OF DELIVERY: 120,784 98.3 42,186 99.4 78,598 97.8
...Hospital
...Home Birth (Intentional or not) 1,358 1.1 171 0.4 1,187 1.5
...Other 705 0.6 94 0.2 611 0.8
MOTHER SMOKED? 3,555 2.9 1,867 4.4 1,688 2.1
...Yes
...No 118,883 96.8 40,403 95.2 78,480 97.6
...Unknown 409 0.3 181 0.4 228 0.3
PRE-PREGNANCY BMI: 3,219 2.6 1,352 3.2 1,867 2.3
...Underweight (<18.5)
...Normal (18.5-24.9) 44,106 35.9 12,148 28.6 31,958 39.8
...Overweight (25.0-29.9) 33,175 27.0 11,044 26.0 22,131 27.5
...Obese (30.0+) 41,093 33.5 17,432 41.1 23,661 29.4
...Unknown 1,254 1.0 475 1.1 779 1.0
INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE: 101,617 82.7 32,315 76.1 69,302 86.2
...Yes
...No 19,648 16.0 9,560 22.5 10,088 12.5
...Unknown 1,582 1.3 576 1.4 1,006 1.3
MOTHER'S MEDICAID STATUS: 52,072 42.4 31,090 73.2 20,982 26.1
...Prenatal Medicaid1
...Emergency Medicaid2 8,631 7.0 6,139 14.5 2,492 3.1
...Non-Medicaid 62,144 50.6 5,222 12.3 56,922 70.8