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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2016 Jun 18;94:519–524. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.011

Table 1.

Summary Statistics of Population and Exposures

Total Number of Births 8,017,865

PM Gestational Exposures

  PM10-2.5 Gestational Exposurea mean (SD) 13.72 μg (5.67)

  PM2.5 Gestational Exposure mean (SD) 12.87 μg (3.58)

Mother and Infant Characteristics

  Birth Weight mean (SD) 3,394.0 g (467.9)

37-38 weeks 2,421,380 (30.2%)
Gestational Length 39-40 4,185,847 (52.2%)
41-44 1,410,638 (17.6%)

<20 years 841,790 (10.5%)
20-24 1,976,411 (24.7%)
Maternal Age 25-29 2,175,054 (27.1%)
30-34 1,884,789 (23.5%)
35-39 934,974 (11.7%)
>40 204,847 (2.6%)

White 6,149,190 (76.7%)
Maternal Race Black 1,221,968 (15.2%)
Other 646,707 (8.1%)

Less than High School 1,980,837 (24.7%)
High School 2,195,200 (27.4%)
Maternal Educational Attainment Some College 1,671,202 (20.8%)
College 2,037,459 (25.4%)
Unknown 133,167 (1.7%)

Maternal Marital Status Married 5,050,811 (63.0%)
Unmarried 2,967,054 (37.0%)

Infant's Sex Male 4,079,206 (50.9%)
Female 3,938,659 (49.1%)

First Birth 2,749,952 (34.3%)
Parity Second or Later Birth 5,243,384 (65.4%)
Unknown 24,529 (0.3%)

First 6,498,200 (81.0%)
Second 1,088,782 (13.6%)
Trimester Prenatal Care Begin Third 227,415 (2.8%)
Never 71,847 (0.9%)
Unknown 131,621 (1.6%)

Yes 489,034 (6.1%)
Tobacco Consumption During Pregnancy No 5,177,739 (64.6%)
Unknown 2,351,092 (29.3%)

Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy Yes 32,248 (0.4%)
No 4,154,003 (51.8%)
Unknown 3,831,614 (47.8%)

SES Levels of Residential County

  Less than High School Education (%) mean (SD) 18.5 % (6.4)

  Below Poverty Line (%) mean (SD) 13.8 % (4.3)
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PM10-2.5 is based on original estimation.