State Data - March of Dimes

State
Number
2009 2007-2009 (Average)
Percent of
Live Births
Rank
Percent of Live Births by
Maternal Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic Hispanic
White Black
Nevada 3,747 10.0 48 9.6 13.5 9.9
New Hampshire 963 7.2 4 6.9 11.3 7.5
New Jersey 9,040 8.2 22 7.9 10.8 8.9
New Mexico 2,549 8.8 33 8.6 10.6 9.1
New York 21,236 8.6 28 7.5 10.7 9.3
North Carolina 11,223 8.9 35 8.2 11.1 8.8
North Dakota 684 7.6 11 7.7 7.8 6.9
Ohio 12,208 8.4 26 8.3 11.3 9.2
Oklahoma 5,443 10.0 47 9.7 12.1 9.1
Oregon 3,439 7.3 6 7.2 9.4 7.9
Pennsylvania 11,631 8.0 15 7.5 10.4 8.9
Rhode Island ,864 7.6 10 7.2 9.8 8.6
South Carolina 6,041 10.0 46 9.0 12.2 9.0
South Dakota 962 8.1 17 8.1 11.4 9.7
Tennessee 7,577 9.2 38 9.1 11.8 8.9
Texas 38,011 9.5 40 9.0 11.6 9.7
Utah 4,670 8.7 31 8.1 12.3 9.6
Vermont 400 6.6 1 6.5 8.6 9.6
Virginia 8,449 8.0 16 7.5 10.2 8.4
Washington 6,729 7.5 9 7.3 9.3 8.1
West Virginia 2,031 9.6 42 9.8 11.6 7.3
Wisconsin 5,493 7.8 12 7.4 10.9 8.1
Wyoming 641 8.1 20 8.4 8.8 9.1
United States 357,345 8.7 8.2 11.4 8.8
Notes: Preterm is less than 37 weeks gestation. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race. – indicates fewer than
20 births. n/a = not available. Rankings are based on more than 1 decimal place.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data. Prepared by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center,
2012.
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