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 719 1.9 24 1.5 3.6 1.8
New Hampshire 209 1.6 10 1.4 2.3 1.7
New Jersey 2,313 2.1 35 1.7 4.0 2.2
New Mexico 518 1.8 22 1.6 3.8 1.8
New York 4,974 2.0 29 1.6 3.8 2.0
North Carolina 3,048 2.4 46 1.8 4.4 1.8
North Dakota 144 1.6 12 1.6 2.2 2.1
Ohio 3,253 2.2 42 1.9 4.2 2.3
Oklahoma 1,159 2.1 37 1.8 4.1 1.8
Oregon 643 1.4 1 1.3 2.4 1.6
Pennsylvania 3,048 2.1 33 1.6 3.8 2.5
Rhode Island 264 2.3 44 1.9 3.4 2.6
South Carolina 1,553 2.6 47 1.9 4.4 2.1
South Dakota 189 1.6 11 1.3 4.2 2.3
Tennessee 1,739 2.1 36 1.7 4.1 1.7
Texas 7,980 2.0 28 1.7 3.8 1.9
Utah 746 1.4 2 1.2 3.2 1.8
Vermont 93 1.5 8 1.5 n/a n/a
Virginia 2,079 2.0 27 1.5 3.6 1.6
Washington 1,288 1.4 4 1.3 2.3 1.6
West Virginia 433 2.0 32 2.0 4.0 1.7
Wisconsin 1,225 1.7 20 1.5 3.7 1.8
Wyoming 135 1.7 17 1.6 n/a 2.0
United States 81,185 2.0 1.6 3.9 1.8
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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