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State Data - March of Dimes

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Very Preterm Births, by <strong>State</strong>, 2009<br />

<strong>State</strong><br />

Number<br />

2009 2007-2009 (Average)<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong><br />

Live Births<br />

Rank<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> Live Births by<br />

Maternal Race/Ethnicity<br />

Alabama 1,727 2.8 49 2.0 4.8 2.1<br />

Alaska 159 1.4 3 1.1 2.9 1.8<br />

Arizona 1,602 1.7 19 1.5 3.5 1.8<br />

Arkansas 805 2.0 30 1.6 3.8 1.6<br />

California 7,948 1.5 6 1.3 3.1 1.5<br />

Colorado 1,154 1.7 15 1.4 3.3 2.1<br />

Connecticut 695 1.8 23 1.4 3.6 2.0<br />

Delaware 267 2.3 45 1.8 4.1 2.2<br />

District <strong>of</strong> Columbia 265 2.9 50 1.4 4.6 2.2<br />

Florida 4,953 2.2 40 1.7 3.9 2.0<br />

Georgia 3,159 2.2 41 1.5 3.7 1.4<br />

Hawaii 383 2.0 31 1.3 2.9 2.0<br />

Idaho 360 1.5 7 1.3 2.3 1.7<br />

Illinois 3,570 2.1 34 1.7 4.2 1.8<br />

Indiana 1,694 2.0 25 1.7 4.0 2.1<br />

Iowa 637 1.6 13 1.7 3.8 2.0<br />

Kansas 718 1.7 21 1.6 3.5 1.5<br />

Kentucky 1,252 2.2 38 2.0 4.2 2.0<br />

Louisiana 1,711 2.6 48 1.7 4.4 1.7<br />

Maine 203 1.5 5 1.6 2.1 1.8<br />

Maryland 1,694 2.3 43 1.5 3.8 1.9<br />

Massachusetts 1,276 1.7 16 1.5 3.0 2.1<br />

Michigan 2,606 2.2 39 1.8 4.2 1.9<br />

Minnesota 1,073 1.5 9 1.3 2.8 1.4<br />

Mississippi 1,308 3.1 51 1.8 4.5 1.8<br />

Missouri 1,552 2.0 26 1.6 3.9 1.7<br />

Montana 199 1.6 14 1.6 n/a 1.5<br />

Nebraska 463 1.7 18 1.5 3.9 1.9<br />

80 <strong>March</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dimes</strong><br />

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