State Data - March of Dimes

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Low Birthweight Births, by State, 2009 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 Alabama 6,454 10.3 49 8.4 15.5 6.6 Alaska 666 5.9 2 5.2 12.1 7.0 Arizona 6,575 7.1 15 6.9 12.5 6.7 Arkansas 3,546 8.9 40 7.9 14.9 6.4 California 35,802 6.8 11 6.4 11.9 6.2 Colorado 6,007 8.8 39 8.6 14.4 8.5 Connecticut 3127 8.0 21 6.9 12.6 8.3 Delaware 994 8.6 37 7.0 13.3 7.1 District of Columbia 929 10.3 48 6.7 13.8 6.9 Florida 19,247 8.7 38 7.4 13.5 7.1 Georgia 13,190 9.4 46 7.5 13.9 6.4 Hawaii 1,592 8.4 34 6.3 11.2 8.4 Idaho 1,541 6.5 7 6.3 7.9 7.3 Illinois 14,316 8.4 31 7.2 14.2 6.7 Indiana 7,225 8.3 27 7.7 14.0 6.9 Iowa 2,671 6.7 9 6.5 12.1 6.3 Kansas 3,011 7.3 18 6.8 12.8 6.1 Kentucky 5,141 8.9 41 8.7 14.8 6.8 Louisiana 6,915 10.6 50 8.2 15.2 6.9 Maine 851 6.3 5 6.4 7.7 8.4 Maryland 6,836 9.1 43 7.1 13.0 7.0 Massachusetts 5,802 7.8 19 7.2 10.9 8.3 Michigan 9,799 8.4 30 7.2 14 6.8 Minnesota 4,604 6.5 8 6 10.6 5.8 Mississippi 5,249 12.2 51 8.9 16.3 6.9 Missouri 6,393 8.1 23 7 13.6 6.2 Montana 865 7.1 14 7.1 7.5 7.5 Nebraska 1,922 7.1 17 6.5 13.1 6.8 82 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 3,046 8.1 22 7.9 13.8 6.7 New Hampshire 925 6.9 12 6.5 8.4 7.4 New Jersey 9,137 8.3 25 7.4 13.2 7.4 New Mexico 2,416 8.3 26 8.3 14.7 8.6 New York 20,341 8.2 24 6.9 12.7 7.8 North Carolina 11,454 9.0 42 7.6 14.4 6.4 North Dakota 572 6.4 6 6.3 5.1 7.0 Ohio 12,378 8.6 36 7.5 14.2 7.8 Oklahoma 4,558 8.4 32 7.9 14.7 6.5 Oregon 2,955 6.3 4 5.9 10.2 6.0 Pennsylvania 12,187 8.3 28 7.1 13.5 8.9 Rhode Island 913 8.0 20 7.3 10.8 7.9 South Carolina 6,047 10.0 47 7.8 14.8 6.6 South Dakota 696 5.8 1 6.2 11.0 7.1 Tennessee 7,539 9.2 44 8.2 14.1 6.3 Texas 34,137 8.5 35 7.7 14.2 7.6 Utah 3,766 7.0 13 6.6 11.0 7.4 Vermont 411 6.7 10 6.6 7.1 5.2 Virginia 8,779 8.4 29 7.1 13.3 6.4 Washington 5,580 6.3 3 5.9 9.7 5.9 West Virginia 1,952 9.2 45 9.3 14.8 6.2 Wisconsin 5,027 7.1 16 6.2 13.5 6.3 Wyoming 661 8.4 33 8.4 14.5 8.9 Puerto Rico 5,525 12.4 n/a n/a n/a United States 336,747 8.2 7.2 13.7 6.9 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. March of Dimes 83
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