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 477 1.3 21 1.2 2.4 1.1
New Hampshire 147 1.1 11 1.1 2.0 1.2
New Jersey 1,667 1.5 31 1.2 3.2 1.4
New Mexico 355 1.2 19 1.2 3.1 1.2
New York 3,767 1.5 33 1.1 3.0 1.4
North Carolina 2,263 1.8 45 1.3 3.4 1.1
North Dakota 112 1.2 20 1.2 n/a 1.5
Ohio 2,331 1.6 37 1.3 3.2 1.5
Oklahoma 799 1.5 27 1.3 3.2 1.2
Oregon 479 1.0 4 1.0 1.8 1.0
Pennsylvania 2,347 1.6 36 1.2 3.2 1.8
Rhode Island 193 1.7 42 1.4 2.3 1.7
South Carolina 1,104 1.8 46 1.3 3.2 1.2
South Dakota 129 1.1 8 0.9 1.9 1.9
Tennessee 1,364 1.7 41 1.3 3.2 1.0
Texas 5,906 1.5 28 1.3 3.1 1.3
Utah 550 1.0 6 0.9 2.2 1.2
Vermont 67 1.1 10 1.0 n/a n/a
Virginia 1,703 1.6 40 1.2 3.1 1.2
Washington 862 1.0 2 1.0 1.9 1.0
West Virginia 313 1.5 29 1.5 3 n/a
Wisconsin 850 1.2 17 1.0 2.8 1.2
Wyoming 90 1.1 13 1.0 n/a 1.4
United States 59,917 1.5 1.2 3.1 1.2
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, 2009 final natality data. Prepared by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data
Center, 2012.
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