State Data - March of Dimes
State Data - March of Dimes
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 />
Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic Hispanic<br />
White Black