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 3,046 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.
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