State Data - March of Dimes

State Births % of US Births Number of Core
Conditions Tested a
New Hampshire 13,337 0.3% 29
New Jersey 110,331 2.7% 30
New Mexico 29,000 0.7% 29
New York 248,110 6.0% 29
North Carolina 126,845 3.1% 28
North Dakota 9,001 0.2% 28
Ohio 144,841 3.5% 29
Oklahoma 54,553 1.3% 29
Oregon 47,132 1.1% 28
Pennsylvania 146,434 3.5% 29
Rhode Island 11,442 0.3% 29
South Carolina 60,620 1.5% 29
South Dakota 11,934 0.3% 28
Tennessee 82,211 2.0% 28
Texas 401,977 9.7% 28
Utah 53,887 1.3% 29
Vermont 6,110 0.1% 29
Virginia 105,059 2.5% 29
Washington 89,313 2.2% 27
West Virginia 21,268 0.5% 30
Wisconsin 70,843 1.7% 30
Wyoming 7,881 0.2% 29
a Core conditions are 31 disorders identified by the American College of Medical Genetics.
Testing is universally required by law or rule and fully implemented as of September, 2012.
Source: Number of Condition tested from National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center, 2012. Births from
the National Center for Health Statistics 2009 final natality data. Prepared by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center,
2012.
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