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. 2012 Nov 3;2012:311–320.

Table 2.

Cold Spot Demographics

Cuyahoga C1 Cuyahoga C2 Franklin C1 Franklin C2 Hamilton C1
Preterm Births (%) 262 9.5% 233 7.4% 23 6.6% 106 7.6% 184 7.4%

Age, y
  <18 51 1.8% 20 0.6% 2 0.6% 7 0.5% 23 0.9%
  18 to 34 2230 80.7% 2434 77.8% 310 89.1% 975 70.0% 1878 75.7%
  ≥35 481 17.4% 675 21.6% 36 10.3% 411 29.5% 580 23.4%
Diabetes 92 3.3% 164 5.2% 13 3.7% 25 1.8% 62 2.5%
Education
  < High School 264 9.6% 178 5.7% 13 3.7% 29 2.1% 111 4.5%
  High School 1057 38.3% 946 30.2% 128 36.8% 182 13.1% 608 24.5%
  College 1402 50.8% 1967 62.9% 206 59.2% 1164 83.6% 1737 70.0%
First Time Mother 1320 47.8% 1262 40.3% 123 35.3% 663 47.6% 962 38.8%
Hypertension
  Chronic 34 1.2% 40 1.3% 12 3.4% 17 1.2% 21 0.8%
  Pregnancy Related 91 3.3% 122 3.9% 8 2.3% 37 2.7% 47 1.9%
Income Quartile
  <25% 235 8.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 38 2.7% 87 3.5%
  25%–50.0% 908 32.9% 150 4.8% 0 0.0% 164 11.8% 398 16.0%
  50.1%–75.0% 1284 46.5% 1080 34.5% 0 0.0% 299 21.5% 529 21.3%
  >75% 335 12.1% 1899 60.7% 348 100.0% 892 64.0% 1467 59.1%
Interpregnancy Interval <18 mo. 153 5.5% 194 6.2% 17 4.9% 35 2.5% 125 5.0%
Prepregnancy Weight
  Lower 10% 290 10.5% 342 10.9% 39 11.2% 194 13.9% 268 10.8%
  Upper 10% 176 6.4% 156 5.0% 28 8.0% 118 8.5% 144 5.8%
Previous Preterm 59 2.1% 57 1.8% 5 1.4% 1 0.1% 19 0.8%
Race
  Non-Hispanic Black 201 7.3% 55 1.8% 4 1.1% 22 1.6% 71 2.9%
  Non-Hispanic White 2392 86.6% 2850 91.1% 332 95.4% 1275 93.4% 2296 92.5%
  Hispanic 93 3.4% 89 2.8% 5 1.4% 29 2.1% 59 2.4%
Smoking 365 13.2% 205 6.6% 20 5.7% 43 3.1% 174 7.0%
Unmarried 676 24.5% 316 10.1% 39 11.2% 133 9.5% 314 12.7%