Table 4.
Approximate Proportion of Births in the U.S. Accounted for by CHCs and Reported LBW Rates
| A. Total Number of Births (n) | B. Births Accounted for by CHCs (%) | C. LBW Rate3 (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (Total) | U.S. (Low SES)1 | CHC | U.S. (Total) | U.S. (Low SES) | U.S. (Total) | U.S. (Low SES) | CHC3 | |
| Total | 4,025,933 | 873,628 | 150,331 | 3.7% | 17.2% | 7.7% | 8.2% | 7.5% |
| Asian | 200,279 | 21,626 | 5,495 | 2.7% | 25.4% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Black | 589,917 | 146,889 | 30,235 | 5.1% | 20.6% | 13.0% | 14.9% | 10.7% |
| Hispanic | 851,851 | 415,703 | 78,618 | 9.2% | 18.9% | 6.5% | 6.0% | 5.6% |
| White | 2,236,578 | 504,855 | 28,498 | 1.3% | 5.6% | 6.8% | 9.1% | 7.4% |
Source: Data for the U.S. come from Health, United States, 2003 and the U.S. National Vital Statistics Report. Births, Final Data 2001. 2002: 51(2).
Note: The total U.S. and CHC births include women of “other” racial/ethnic groups, but these “other” data are not presented.
1
U.S. rates in this column are limited to women with less than 12 years of education.
2
CHC rates are for the total women receiving prenatal care from CHCs with live births. CHCs are assumed to serve low-SES populations.
3
LBW rates are defined as < 2,500 grams, which for CHCs required adding VLBW and LBW rates.Year 2000 data from Table 1 are used, consistent with data reported for the U.S.