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LIVE BIRTHS <strong>2003</strong> LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT<br />

did, at 3.5% compared with 1.2%, respectively (Table 2.25).<br />

Birth<br />

Order<br />

Total<br />

Table 2.26: Number <strong>of</strong> Live Births by Live Birth Order and Birthweight<br />

<strong>Louisiana</strong>, <strong>2003</strong><br />

999<br />

and<br />

less<br />

1000-<br />

1999<br />

Table 2.25: Percent + <strong>of</strong> Live Births Less than 1500 Grams<br />

by Maternal Age and Race, <strong>Louisiana</strong>, <strong>2003</strong><br />

Maternal Age Group<br />

Race<br />

Less<br />

than 15<br />

15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 -44<br />

40 and<br />

over<br />

All Ages<br />

All Races +++ 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.3 3.5 3.9 2.2<br />

White 3.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 3.6 3.9 1.2<br />

Black 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.7 4.2 5.0 3.8 4.5 3.5<br />

+ Percent <strong>of</strong> live births in specified age and race group. +++ All Races includes White, Black and Other.<br />

Source: <strong>Louisiana</strong> State Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong>.<br />

2000-<br />

2499<br />

Birthweight in Grams<br />

2500-<br />

2999<br />

3000-<br />

3499<br />

**** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. Source: <strong>Louisiana</strong> State Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong>.<br />

Table 2.27: Number and Percent + <strong>of</strong> Live Births by Infant Birthweight, Infant Gender, and Maternal Race<br />

<strong>Louisiana</strong>, <strong>2003</strong><br />

White Black Other<br />

Weight in Grams<br />

All Races Male Female Male Female Male Female<br />

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent<br />

Under 500 177 0.27 30 0.16 20 0.11 77 0.58 49 0.39 **** 0.12 0 0.00<br />

500-749 288 0.45 33 0.17 43 0.24 109 0.82 97 0.77 5 0.61 **** 0.13<br />

750-999 287 0.44 46 0.24 51 0.28 90 0.67 97 0.77 **** 0.25 **** 0.13<br />

1000-1499 647 1.00 116 0.61 115 0.63 219 1.64 183 1.44 6 0.74 8 1.02<br />

1500-1999 1305 2.02 245 1.30 296 1.63 350 2.62 389 3.07 15 1.84 10 1.27<br />

2000-2499 4211 6.51 836 4.42 1033 5.69 957 7.17 1280 10.10 47 5.77 58 7.39<br />

2500-2999 13953 21.57 2958 15.64 3825 21.07 3097 23.21 3735 29.46 139 17.08 199 25.35<br />

3000-3499 25319 39.14 7128 37.69 7542 41.54 5155 38.63 4790 37.78 356 43.73 348 44.33<br />

3500-3999 14676 22.69 5714 30.21 4207 23.17 2690 20.16 1735 13.69 193 23.71 137 17.45<br />

4000-4499 3323 5.14 1559 8.24 902 4.97 512 3.84 283 2.23 48 5.90 19 2.42<br />

4500 and over 490 0.76 244 1.29 116 0.64 87 0.65 37 0.29 **** 0.25 **** 0.51<br />

Unknown 13 0.02 **** 0.02 **** 0.02 **** 0.02 **** 0.02 0 0.00 0 0.00<br />

Total 64689 100.00 18912 100.00 18154 100.00 13346 100.00 12678 100.00 814 100.00 785 100.00<br />

+ Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding. **** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. Source: <strong>Louisiana</strong> State Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong>.<br />

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<strong>Louisiana</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Public Health, State Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong> Page 30<br />

3500-<br />

3999<br />

4000-<br />

4499<br />

4500<br />

and<br />

over<br />

Weight<br />

Unknown<br />

Less<br />

than<br />

2500<br />

Percent<br />

<strong>of</strong> Total<br />

Live<br />

Births<br />

ALL 64689 752 1952 4211 13953 25319 14676 3323 490 13 6915 10.69<br />

1 25405 336 753 1607 5740 10084 5550 1180 152 **** 2696 10.61<br />

2 20952 202 534 1193 4200 8353 5144 1160 164 **** 1929 9.21<br />

3 11194 122 334 783 2366 4308 2543 632 105 **** 1239 11.07<br />

4 4358 51 171 343 1015 1632 892 214 39 **** 565 12.96<br />

5 1526 21 83 144 342 549 305 68 14 0 248 16.25<br />

6 648 7 36 68 152 218 131 30 6 0 111 17.13<br />

7 284 8 20 34 72 84 44 19 **** 0 62 21.83<br />

8 124 **** 8 16 30 32 25 11 **** 0 25 20.16<br />

9 68 0 5 8 16 19 12 **** **** 0 13 19.12<br />

Unk. 68 **** **** 5 11 21 17 **** 0 6 10 14.71

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