| NORTH CAROLINA PRECONCEPTION HEALTH INDICATORS: PREVIOUS PRETERM BIRTH (D1) |
| 2015 N.C. RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS: WOMEN AGED 18-44 |
| WITH A HISTORY OF PREVIOUS PRETERM BIRTH (<37 WEEKS GESTATION) |
| TOTAL | HISTORY OF PRETERM BIRTH | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Preterm History | Unknown | Prior Preterm History | ||||||
| BIRTHS | BIRTHS | BIRTHS | BIRTHS | |||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 80,505 | 100.0 | 76,292 | 94.8 | 5 | 0.0 | 4,208 | 5.2 |
| AGE | 1,498 | 1.9 | 1,449 | 96.7 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 3.3 |
| < 20 years | ||||||||
| 20-24 years | 16,066 | 20.0 | 15,293 | 95.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 772 | 4.8 |
| 25-34 years | 48,166 | 59.8 | 45,661 | 94.8 | 4 | 0.0 | 2,501 | 5.2 |
| 35+ years | 14,775 | 18.4 | 13,889 | 94.0 | 0 | 0 | 886 | 6.0 |
| RACE | 45,495 | 56.5 | 43,544 | 95.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 1,948 | 4.3 |
| White | ||||||||
| Black | 20,424 | 25.4 | 18,772 | 91.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 1,651 | 8.1 |
| American Indian | 1,195 | 1.5 | 1,134 | 94.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 60 | 5.0 |
| Other | 13,391 | 16.6 | 12,842 | 95.9 | 0 | 0 | 549 | 4.1 |
| HISPANIC ORIGIN | 67,256 | 83.5 | 63,613 | 94.6 | 5 | 0.0 | 3,638 | 5.4 |
| Non-Hispanic/Unknown | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 13,249 | 16.5 | 12,679 | 95.7 | 0 | 0 | 570 | 4.3 |
| MATERNAL EDUCATION | 13,197 | 16.4 | 12,330 | 93.4 | 0 | 0 | 867 | 6.6 |
| Less Than High School | ||||||||
| High School Graduate or GED | 18,434 | 22.9 | 17,366 | 94.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1,066 | 5.8 |
| Some College | 26,535 | 33.0 | 25,074 | 94.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 1,458 | 5.5 |
| Bachelors Degree | 14,212 | 17.7 | 13,689 | 96.3 | 0 | 0 | 523 | 3.7 |
| Masters or PhD | 7,904 | 9.8 | 7,619 | 96.4 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 3.6 |
| Unknown | 223 | 0.3 | 214 | 96.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.0 |
| MARITAL STATUS | 49,111 | 61.0 | 46,974 | 95.6 | 5 | 0.0 | 2,132 | 4.3 |
| Married | ||||||||
| Unmarried | 31,372 | 39.0 | 29,296 | 93.4 | 0 | 0 | 2,076 | 6.6 |
| Missing/Unknown | 22 | 0.0 | 22 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| INFANT'S BIRTHWEIGHT THIS DELIVERY | 7,240 | 9.0 | 6,242 | 86.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 997 | 13.8 |
| Under 2500 grams | ||||||||
| 2500+ grams | 73,251 | 91.0 | 70,039 | 95.6 | 4 | 0.0 | 3,208 | 4.4 |
| Unknown | 14 | 0.0 | 11 | 78.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.4 |
| Note: Numerator and Denominator Only Include Women who have had a Previous Delivery |
| PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (https://schs.dph.ncdhhs.gov/) |