TABLE 2—

Effects of Hispanic Density on Birth Outcomes and Smoking During Pregnancy for White, Black, and Hispanic Mothers: US Linked Birth and Infant Death Data Set, 2000

	White		Black		Hispanic
Variable	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Mortality, %
0.00–0.99 (Ref)	1.00		1.00		1.00
1.00–4.99	1.00 (0.96, 1.05)	.957	0.96 (0.88, 1.03)	.255	0.89 (0.70, 1.14)	.351
5.00–14.99	0.90 (0.84, 0.97)	.004	0.86 (0.77, 0.96)	.005	0.81 (0.64, 1.04)	.098
15.00–49.99	0.72 (0.63, 0.83)	< .001	0.66 (0.55, 0.79)	< .001	0.73 (0.57, 0.95)	.019
≥ 50.00	0.60 (0.33, 1.07)	.085	1.09 (0.34, 3.55)	.882	0.53 (0.38, 0.73)	< .001
Low birth weight, %
0.00–0.99 (Ref)	1.00		1.00		1.00
1.00–4.99	0.96 (0.94, 0.98)	< .001	0.97 (0.94, 1.00)	.083	0.92 (0.85, 1.01)	.071
5.00–14.99	0.95 (0.92, 0.98)	.002	0.96 (0.92, 1.00)	.038	0.91 (0.83, 0.99)	.033
15.00–49.99	1.01 (0.95, 1.07)	.816	0.91 (0.85, 0.98)	.018	0.99 (0.90, 1.10)	.899
≥ 50.00	0.75 (0.61, 0.92)	.007	0.98 (0.63, 1.52)	.918	0.95 (0.83, 1.10)	.508
Preterm birth, %
0.00–0.99 (Ref)	1.00		1.00		1.00
1.00–4.99	0.96 (0.94, 0.98)	.001	0.96 (0.93, 0.99)	.011	0.98 (0.91, 1.05)	.487
5.00–14.99	0.95 (0.92, 0.98)	.001	0.95 (0.91, 1.00)	.042	1.01 (0.94, 1.08)	.863
15.00–49.99	1.00 (0.94, 1.06)	.931	0.99 (0.90, 1.08)	.759	1.07 (0.99, 1.16)	.082
≥ 50.00	0.99 (0.82, 1.18)	.879	1.24 (0.84, 1.84)	.273	1.10 (0.99, 1.23)	.075
Smoking during pregnancy, %
0.00–0.99 (Ref)	1.00				1.00
1.00–4.99	0.96 (0.90, 1.04)	.313	0.93 (0.84, 1.03)	.17	0.60 (0.53, 0.68)	< .001
5.00–14.99	0.82 (0.72, 0.92)	.001	0.66 (0.56, 0.78)	< .001	0.38 (0.32, 0.44)	< .001
15.00–49.99	0.61 (0.51, 0.73)	< .001	0.71 (0.53, 0.94)	.017	0.31 (0.25, 0.38)	< .001
≥ 50.00	0.19 (0.11, 0.33)	< .001	0.14 (0.04, 0.51)	.003	0.09 (0.06, 0.14)	< .001

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.