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LIVE BIRTHS 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT
Teenagers and pre-teenagers were also more likely to give birth to low birthweight infants, with 13.0% of live births to women
15 -19 years of age being low birthweight (Table 2.10).
Education
Three-quarters (77.8%) of Louisiana’s live births in 2003 occurred to mothers with at least a high school education. When
examined by race, 69.4% of black infants, and 83.4% of white infants, were born to mothers with at least a high school level
education (Table 2.11).
Table 2.11: Number and Percent of Live Births by Maternal Education and Race
Louisiana, 2003
Maternal Race
White Black Other All Races +++
Education Level
Number Percent +
Number Percent +
Number Percent +
Number Percent +
No high school 1215 3.3 917 3.5 110 6.9 2242 3.5
Some high school 4905 13.2 7019 27.0 218 13.6 12142 18.8
High school graduate 12593 34.0 10441 40.1 523 32.7 23557 36.4
Some college 7824 21.1 5247 20.2 287 17.9 13358 20.6
College graduate 10490 28.3 2376 9.1 461 28.8 13327 20.6
Known Total 37027 100.0 26000 100.0 1599 100.0 64626 100.0
+ May not sum to 100% due to rounding.
+++ All Races includes white, black and other. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics.
Marital Status
Maternal Age
Table 2.10: Teens and Pre-Teens: Number and Percent of Live Births
Under 2500 Grams by Maternal Race and Selected Age, Louisiana, 2003
Maternal Race
White Black All Races +++
Number Percent +
Number Percent +
Number Percent +
Less than 15 **** 12.9 28 18.7 32 17.5
15 13 12.9 57 19.5 70 17.7
16 29 11.5 102 16.2 132 14.8
17 68 10.3 151 14.9 219 12.9
18 122 9.9 238 15.1 360 12.7
19 145 8.8 295 15.3 444 12.2
15-19 377 9.7 843 15.5 1225 13.0
+ Percent of live births