Table 2.

Socio-demographic, maternal pregnancy, and birth related characteristics comparing pregnancies that had an infant mortality to pregnancies without an infant mortality.

	No Infant Mortality	Infant Mortality	IMR	P value
Socio-Demographic Characteristics
Age in years Mean (SD)	27.3 (5.9)	26.4 (6.2)	–	p < 0.001
Married	57.3%	41.3%	5.2	p < 0.001
≤ High School Education	15.9%	23.8%	10.4	p < 0.001
Medicaid	38.6%	50.6%	9.4	p < 0.001
WIC	41.9%	43.8%	7.3	p = 0.001
Tobacco Use	23.7%	31.2%	9.3	p < 0.001
≤ 5 Prenatal Visits	8.9%	42.5%	29.7	p < 0.001
Non-Hispanic White	78.3%	65.2%	6.0	p < 0.001
Non-Hispanic Black	16.8%	30.8%	13.1	p < 0.001
Hispanic	4.6%	4.3%	6.7	p = 0.227
Primip	39.1%	38.1%	7.0	p = 0.706
Maternal Pregnancy Characteristics
Pre-gestational diabetes	0.9%	1.7%	13.9	p < 0.001
Chronic Hypertension	2.0%	3.3%	11.3	p < 0.001
Gestational diabetes	5.9%	4.7%	5.6	p < 0.001
Preeclampsia	5.8%	6.4%	7.8	p = 0.025
Birth Characteristics
Cesarean Delivery	30.8%	36.7%	8.6	p < 0.001
SGA Births <10%	10.7%	26.6%	16.5	p < 0.001
LGA Births >90%	9.9%	3.4%	2.3	p < 0.001
Preterm Birth	12.1%	66.1%	33.5	p < 0.001

IMR-Infant mortality rate; WIC-Woman, Infants, and Children; SGA-small for gestational age; LGA-large for gestational age. The IMR is displayed as number of infant deaths per 1000 live births among women with the corresponding characteristic.