Table 3.
Maternal demographic characteristics, pregnancy risks, and maternal and infant outcomes, by health condition category, Massachusetts births, 2007–2009
| Circulatory N = 3,403 (23%) N (%) |
Musculo skeletal N=1,406 (10%) N (%) |
Nervous system/sense organ N=1,970 (10%) N (%) |
Other physical N=2,805 (19%) N (%) |
2+ physical N=742 (5%) N (%) |
Mental Illness N=3,563 (24%) N (%) |
Mental + physical N=812 (6%) N (%) |
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| Age | |||||||
| < 19 | 67 (2.0) | 45 (3.2) | 68 (3.5) | 64 (2.3) | 19 (2.6) | 328 (9.2) | 32 (3.9) |
| 19–34 | 2,259 (66.4) | 985 (70.1) | 1,565 (79.4) | 2,053 (73.2) | 515 (69.4) | 2,821 (79.2) | 653 (80.4) |
| 35+ | 1,077 (31.7) | 376 (26.7) | 337 (17.1) | 688 (24.5) | 208 (28.0) | 414 (11.6) | 127 (15.6) |
| Education | |||||||
| Less than HS | 331 (9.8) | 153 (10.9) | 290 (14.8) | 263 (9.4) | 81 (11.0) | 926 (26.1) | 211 (26.2) |
| HS | 977 (28.8) | 380 (27.1) | 669 (34.1) | 752 (26.9) | 260 (35.3) | 1,505 (42.4) | 336 (41.6) |
| Some college | 854 (25.2) | 340 (24.2) | 430 (21.9) | 656 (23.5) | 188 (25.5) | 746 (21.0) | 179 (22.2) |
| College or higher |
1,229 (36.2) | 532 (37.9) | 573 (29.2) | 1123 (40.2) | 207 (28.1) | 370 (10.4) | 81 (10.0) |
| Other | |||||||
| Socioeconomic | |||||||
| Father not named on BC |
372 (10.9) | 148 (10.5) | 301 (15.3) | 320 (11.4) | 95 (12.8) | 1,105 (31.1) | 253 (31.2) |
| Public insurance |
1,256 (37.4) | 551 (39.3) | 973 (49.7) | 1,007 (36.4) | 354 (48.6) | 2,634 (75.0) | 648 (80.3) |
| Pregnancy Risks | |||||||
| Smoking | 246 (7.2) | 140 (10.0) | 314 (16.0) | 253 (9.1) | 107 (14.5) | 1,214 (34.2) | 332 (40.9) |
| No care in first trimester |
663 (19.9) | 233 (16.8) | 456 (23.5) | 565 (20.5) | 162 (22.1) | 1,066 (30.9) | 241 (30.5) |
| Prenatal care index |
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| Inadequate | 312 (9.4) | 110 (7.9) | 213 (11.0) | 245 (8.9) | 64 (8.8) | 614 (17.8) | 139 (17.5) |
| Intermediate | 169 (5.1) | 103 (7.4) | 158 (8.1) | 170 (6.2) | 41 (5.6) | 308 (8.9) | 59 (7.4) |
| Adequate | 1,164 (35.0) | 583 (42.0) | 781 (40.2) | 1,051 (38.2) | 223 (30.6) | 1,163 (33.8) | 264 (33.3) |
| Adequate plus | 1,681 (50.5) | 591 (42.6) | 790 (40.7) | 1,283 (46.7) | 400 (55.0) | 1,359 (39.5) | 332 (41.8) |
| Hypertension | 1,330 (39.7) | 110 (7.9) | 129 (6.6) | 244 (8.8) | 168 (23.1) | 164 (4.7) | 93 (11.6) |
| Diabetes | 412 (12.3) | 101 (7.3) | 156 (8.0) | 238 (8.6) | 82 (11.3) | 198 (5.7) | 82 (10.2) |
| Other | 1,988 (58.4) | 859 (61.1) | 1,276 (64.8) | 1,750 (62.4) | 513 (69.1) | 2,532 (71.1) | 602 (74.1) |
| Infant outcomes | |||||||
| Preterm | 667 (19.6) | 158 (11.2) | 226 (11.5) | 446 (15.9) | 169 (22.8) | 483 (13.6) | 154 (19.0) |
| SGA | 485 (14.4) | 175 (12.5) | 246 (12.5) | 360 (13.0) | 116 (15.9) | 557 (15.3) | 140 (17.3) |
| Apgar < 7 at 5 minutes |
84 (2.5) | 14 (1.0) | 48 (2.5) | 75 (2.7) | 19 (2.6) | 73 (2.1) | 38 (4.7) |
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Maternal outcomes |
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| Delivery stay > 5 days |
503 (14.8) | 170 (4.8) | 119 (6.0) | 272 (9.7) | 137 (18.5) | 170 (4.8) | 101 (12.4) |
| Cesarean section | 1601 (47.2) | 509 (36.3) | 702 (35.7) | 1251 (44.7) | 347 (46.8) | 1139 (32.2) | 316 (39.0) |
NH: Non-Hispanic; BC: Birth certificate