Table 2.

Sample characteristics, very low birth weight births by maternal race/ethnicity, Tarrant County, 2006–2010 (n = 2,154)

	Caucasian	African American	Hispanic	Other
	(n = 708)	(n = 689)	(n = 659)	(n = 98)
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Maternal Age
< 20 years	58 (1.3)	112 (3.0)	114 (1.3)	6 (1.8)
20-39 years	628 (1.2)	553 (3.0)	527 (1.2)	84 (1.1)
≥ 40 years	22 (1.6)	24 (5.8)	18 (1.8)	8 (3.0)
Maternal Education
< High school	81 (1.4)	123 (3.0)	307 (1.1)	15 (1.4)
High school	180 (1.4)	228 (3.1)	198 (1.3)	22 (1.2)
> High school	447 (1.1)	337 (3.1)	152 (1.3)	60 (1.2)
Kotelchuck Index
Adequate Plus	345 (2.2)	280 (5.6)	243 (2.4)	47 (2.7)
Adequate	87 (0.3)	60 (0.9)	72 (0.4)	10 (0.3)
Intermediate	76 (1.3)	65 (3.2)	55 (1.5)	16 (1.8)
Inadequate	160 (1.4)	251 (3.1)	264 (1.1)	20 (0.9)
Plurality
Single	467 (0.8)	537 (2.5)	541 (1.0)	78 (1.0)
Multiple	241 (10.0)	152 (17.5)	118 (10.5)	20 (8.4)
Previous Preterm Birth
No	695 (1.2)	651 (3.0)	631 (1.2)	96 (1.2)
Yes	13 (2.3)	38 (9.9)	28 (3.4)	2 (4.2)
STD During Pregnancy
No	690 (1.2)	659 (3.2)	634 (1.2)	96 (1.2)
Yes	18 (1.7)	30 (1.8)	25 (1.5)	2 (1.0)
Smoking
No	638 (1.2)	630 (3.0)	648 (1.2)	96 (1.2)
Yes	70 (1.3)	59 (5.5)	11 (1.3)	2 (1.7)
Paternal Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian, non-Hispanic	500 (1.1)	16 (2.5)	54 (1.2)	20 (1.2)
African American, non-Hispanic	46 (2.1)	409 (3.0)	26 (1.8)	6 (1.9)
Hispanic	61 (1.1)	17 (3.5)	449 (1.1)	4 (0.9)
Other, non-Hispanic	14 (1.4)	3 (4.2)	3 (0.9)	59 (1.1)
Missing	87 (1.5)	244 (3.4)	127 (1.6)	9 (1.8)
Mother Marital Status
Married	508 (1.1)	231 (2.9)	313 (1.1)	79 (1.2)
Not married	200 (1.3)	458 (3.2)	346 (1.3)	19 (1.4)

n = number of live births.

Data source: Texas Department of State Health Services.

Percents represent the percent within each group that are very low birth weight.