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Risk Factors and Characteristics for 2024 North Carolina Resident Live Births: By Maternal Medicaid Status
  TOTAL MOTHER'S MEDICAID STATUS:
Prenatal Medicaid1 Emergency Medicaid2 Non-Medicaid
Births Births Births Births
# % # % # % # %
TOTAL RESIDENT BIRTHS 122,847 100.0 52,072 42.4 8,631 7.0 62,144 50.6
RACE/ETHNICITY: 61,603 50.1 19,971 38.4 65 0.8 41,567 66.9
White Non-Hispanic
African American Non-Hispanic 24,563 20.0 17,934 34.4 95 1.1 6,534 10.5
American Indian Non-Hispanic 1,349 1.1 1,042 2.0 1 0.0 306 0.5
Asian Non-Hispanic 5,340 4.3 1,215 2.3 38 0.4 4,087 6.6
Native Hawaiian Non-Hispanic 145 0.1 89 0.2 3 0.0 53 0.1
Multiracial Non-Hispanic 3,697 3.0 2,201 4.2 6 0.1 1,490 2.4
Other Race Non-Hispanic 479 0.4 215 0.4 79 0.9 185 0.3
Hispanic 25,475 20.7 9,346 17.9 8,330 96.5 7,799 12.5
Unknown Race 196 0.2 59 0.1 14 0.2 123 0.2
BIRTHWEIGHT GROUP: 209 0.2 121 0.2 10 0.1 78 0.1
...Less than 500 grams
...500-1499 grams 1,622 1.3 903 1.7 74 0.9 645 1.0
...1500-2499 grams 9,541 7.8 5,162 9.9 508 5.9 3,871 6.2
...2500+ grams 111,441 90.7 45,883 88.1 8,038 93.1 57,520 92.6
...Unknown 34 0.0 3 0.0 1 0.0 30 0.0
(OBSTETRIC) WEEKS OF GESTATION: 701 0.6 411 0.8 34 0.4 256 0.4
...< 27 weeks
...27-31 weeks 1,307 1.1 714 1.4 66 0.8 527 0.8
...32-36 weeks 11,105 9.0 5,445 10.5 708 8.2 4,952 8.0
...37+ weeks 109,673 89.3 45,478 87.3 7,816 90.6 56,379 90.7
...Unknown 61 0.0 24 0.0 7 0.1 30 0.0
MOTHER'S AGE: 1,327 1.1 1,020 2.0 154 1.8 153 0.2
...< 18 years
...18-34 years 97,957 79.7 44,298 85.1 6,659 77.2 47,000 75.6
...35+ years 23,558 19.2 6,753 13.0 1,818 21.1 14,987 24.1
...Unknown 5 0.0 1 0.0 0 0 4 0.0
MOTHER'S EDUCATION: 14,341 11.7 7,541 14.5 4,813 55.8 1,987 3.2
...Less than High School
...High School Graduate or GED 31,133 25.3 21,325 41.0 2,509 29.1 7,299 11.7
...Some College 32,550 26.5 17,284 33.2 586 6.8 14,680 23.6
...Bachelors Degree 28,087 22.9 4,619 8.9 457 5.3 23,011 37.0
...Masters or PhD 16,181 13.2 1,115 2.1 93 1.1 14,973 24.1
...Unknown 555 0.5 188 0.4 173 2.0 194 0.3
MARITAL STATUS: 49,495 40.3 34,775 66.8 5,736 66.5 8,984 14.5
...Unmarried
...Unknown 692 0.6 475 0.9 59 0.7 158 0.3
...Married 72,660 59.1 16,822 32.3 2,836 32.9 53,002 85.3
PARITY: 39,161 31.9 14,440 27.7 2,023 23.4 22,698 36.5
...1
...2-3 54,162 44.1 21,877 42.0 3,882 45.0 28,403 45.7
...4+ 26,723 21.8 14,566 28.0 2,514 29.1 9,643 15.5
...Unknown 2,801 2.3 1,189 2.3 212 2.5 1,400 2.3
PLURALITY: 118,902 96.8 50,200 96.4 8,482 98.3 60,220 96.9
...Singleton
...Twin 3,838 3.1 1,838 3.5 147 1.7 1,853 3.0
...Other Multiples 92 0.1 34 0.1 2 0.0 56 0.1
...Missing Information 15 0.0 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
METHOD OF DELIVERY: 85,031 69.2 36,073 69.3 6,380 73.9 42,578 68.5
...Vaginal
...C-Section 37,794 30.8 15,996 30.7 2,251 26.1 19,547 31.5
...Unknown 22 0.0 3 0.0 0 0 19 0.0
TRIMESTER CARE BEGAN: 88,387 71.9 34,876 67.0 3,700 42.9 49,811 80.2
...First
...Second 22,466 18.3 11,555 22.2 3,248 37.6 7,663 12.3
...Third 5,982 4.9 3,019 5.8 937 10.9 2,026 3.3
...No care 5,455 4.4 2,383 4.6 698 8.1 2,374 3.8
...Unknown 557 0.5 239 0.5 48 0.6 270 0.4
KOTELCHUCK INDEX: 674 0.5 287 0.6 75 0.9 312 0.5
...Missing
...Inadequate 22,677 18.5 11,236 21.6 3,434 39.8 8,007 12.9
...Intermediate 5,636 4.6 2,794 5.4 588 6.8 2,254 3.6
...Adequate 39,278 32.0 15,645 30.0 2,368 27.4 21,265 34.2
...Adequate Plus 54,582 44.4 22,110 42.5 2,166 25.1 30,306 48.8
PLACE OF DELIVERY: 120,784 98.3 51,757 99.4 8,617 99.8 60,410 97.2
...Hospital
...Home Birth (Intentional or not) 1,358 1.1 161 0.3 9 0.1 1,188 1.9
...Other 705 0.6 154 0.3 5 0.1 546 0.9
MOTHER SMOKED? 3,555 2.9 3,065 5.9 10 0.1 480 0.8
...Yes
...No 118,883 96.8 48,786 93.7 8,571 99.3 61,526 99.0
...Unknown 409 0.3 221 0.4 50 0.6 138 0.2
PRE-PREGNANCY BMI: 3,219 2.6 1,906 3.7 176 2.0 1,137 1.8
...Underweight (<18.5)
...Normal (18.5-24.9) 44,106 35.9 15,907 30.5 2,510 29.1 25,689 41.3
...Overweight (25.0-29.9) 33,175 27.0 12,727 24.4 3,029 35.1 17,419 28.0
...Obese (30.0+) 41,093 33.5 21,013 40.4 2,670 30.9 17,410 28.0
...Unknown 1,254 1.0 519 1.0 246 2.9 489 0.8
INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE: 101,617 82.7 38,402 73.7 7,488 86.8 55,727 89.7
...Yes
...No 19,648 16.0 12,909 24.8 1,043 12.1 5,696 9.2
...Unknown 1,582 1.3 761 1.5 100 1.2 721 1.2
MOTHER'S WIC STATUS: 42,451 34.6 31,090 59.7 6,139 71.1 5,222 8.4
...Prenatal WIC
...No Prenatal WIC 80,396 65.4 20,982 40.3 2,492 28.9 56,922 91.6