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. 2012 Nov 3;2012:311–320.

Table 1.

Hotspot Demographics

Cuyahoga H1 Cuyahoga H2 Franklin H1 Franklin H2 Hamilton H1 Hamilton H2 Hamilton H3
Preterm Births (%) 208 16.6% 307 18.6% 115 16.9% 101 16.0% 210 17.5% 696 16.9% 830 17.6%

Age, y
  <18 113 9.0% 172 10.4% 77 11.3% 32 5.1% 85 7.1% 399 9.7% 347 7.4%
  18 to 34 1044 83.2% 1354 82.0% 571 84.0% 564 89.1% 1015 84.4% 3404 82.7% 4079 86.5%
  ≥35 98 7.8% 125 7.6% 32 4.7% 37 5.8% 102 8.5% 315 7.6% 290 6.1%
Diabetes 55 4.4% 55 3.3% 24 3.5% 16 2.5% 48 4.0% 124 3.0% 176 3.7%
Education
  < High School 514 41.0% 570 34.5% 409 60.1% 189 29.9% 337 28.0% 1441 35.0% 1910 40.5%
  High School 598 47.6% 816 49.4% 218 32.1% 339 53.6% 567 47.2% 1710 41.5% 2022 42.9%
  College 116 9.2% 195 11.8% 26 3.8% 88 13.9% 250 20.8% 759 18.4% 507 10.8%
First Time Mother 449 35.8% 601 36.4% 231 34.0% 228 36.0% 473 39.4% 1585 38.5% 1541 32.7%
Hypertension
  Chronic 37 2.9% 48 2.9% 16 2.4% 8 1.3% 19 1.6% 49 1.2% 69 1.5%
  Pregnancy Related 58 4.6% 53 3.2% 16 2.4% 18 2.8% 29 2.4% 100 2.4% 107 2.3%
Income Quartile
  <25% 1060 84.5% 1474 89.3% 573 84.3% 128 20.2% 460 38.3% 3293 80.0% 3256 69.0%
  25%–50.0% 195 15.5% 132 8.0% 107 15.7% 250 39.5% 646 53.7% 584 14.2% 1347 28.6%
  50.1%–75.0% 0 0.0% 45 2.7% 0 0.0% 210 33.2% 96 8.0% 226 5.5% 113 2.4%
  >75% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 45 7.1% 0 0.0% 15 0.4% 0 0.0%
Interpregnancy Interval <18 mo. 115 9.2% 99 6.0% 96 14.1% 36 5.7% 72 6.0% 385 9.3% 480 10.2%
Prepregnancy Weight
  Lower 10% 147 11.7% 128 7.8% 112 16.5% 98 15.5% 165 13.7% 429 10.4% 534 11.3%
  Upper 10% 130 10.4% 176 10.7% 74 10.9% 72 11.4% 141 11.7% 475 11.5% 542 11.5%
Previous Preterm 34 2.7% 37 2.2% 10 1.5% 9 1.4% 20 1.7% 105 2.5% 115 2.4%
Race
  Non-Hispanic Black 662 52.7% 1610 97.5% 97 14.3% 123 19.4% 598 49.8% 3160 76.7% 2891 61.3%
  Non-Hispanic White 510 40.6% 25 1.5% 544 80.0% 489 77.3% 500 41.6% 794 19.3% 1533 32.5%
  Hispanic 73 5.8% 7 0.4% 21 3.1% 10 1.6% 89 7.4% 58 1.4% 242 5.1%
Smoking 338 26.9% 226 13.7% 269 39.6% 166 26.2% 228 19.0% 682 16.6% 953 20.2%
Unmarried 850 67.7% 1357 82.2% 443 65.1% 298 47.1% 710 59.1% 2992 72.7% 3326 70.5%