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State Data - March of Dimes

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Very Low Birthweight 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 1,195 1.9 48 1.4 3.5 1.1<br />

Alaska 113 1.0 3 0.9 1.9 1.2<br />

Arizona 1,084 1.2 15 1.0 2.7 1.1<br />

Arkansas 642 1.6 39 1.3 3.1 0.9<br />

California 6,064 1.2 14 1.0 2.6 1.1<br />

Colorado 829 1.2 18 1.1 2.7 1.3<br />

Connecticut 555 1.4 25 1.1 3.2 1.5<br />

Delaware 214 1.9 47 1.2 3.3 1.1<br />

District <strong>of</strong> Columbia 187 2.1 50 1.1 3.6 1.3<br />

Florida 3,498 1.6 35 1.2 3.0 1.3<br />

Georgia 2,414 1.7 43 1.2 3.1 1.0<br />

Hawaii 264 1.4 24 1.0 2.4 1.4<br />

Idaho 248 1.0 7 1.0 n/a 1.2<br />

Illinois 2,588 1.5 32 1.2 3.2 1.2<br />

Indiana 1,263 1.5 26 1.2 3.1 1.4<br />

Iowa 435 1.1 9 1.2 2.6 1.2<br />

Kansas 567 1.4 23 1.2 2.9 1.1<br />

Kentucky 858 1.5 30 1.4 3.2 1.2<br />

Louisiana 1,308 2.0 49 1.3 3.4 1.1<br />

Maine 129 1.0 1 1.0 1.3 n/a<br />

Maryland 1,339 1.8 44 1.1 3.1 1.3<br />

Massachusetts 1,006 1.3 22 1.1 2.5 1.6<br />

Michigan 1,890 1.6 38 1.3 3.2 1.2<br />

Minnesota 792 1.1 12 1.0 2.6 0.9<br />

Mississippi 898 2.1 51 1.3 3.2 1.2<br />

Missouri 1,222 1.5 34 1.2 3.0 1.0<br />

Montana 125 1.0 5 1.0 n/a 1.2<br />

Nebraska 315 1.2 16 1.1 3.0 1.1<br />

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

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