Table 4.
Preterm birth, and Preterm Birth Subgroup, Status of Infants Born 2009–2011, by Intergenerational Socio-economic Neighborhood Context: an Intergenerational Study, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
| High-high % black N=698 |
Medium-medium % black N=357 |
Low-low % black N=3,558 |
Change to lower % black N=852 |
Change to higher % black N=1,127 |
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| Infant Characteristics | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
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| Term birth | 621 | 88.97 | 323 | 90.48 | 3,311 | 93.06 | 770 | 90.38 | 1,026 | 91.04 |
| Preterm birth | 77 | 11.03 | 34 | 9.52 | 247 | 6.94 | 82 | 9.62 | 101 | 8.96 |
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| Late preterm birth | 58 | 8.31 | 29 | 8.12 | 213 | 5.99 | 60 | 7.04 | 77 | 6.83 |
| Early preterm birth | 19 | 2.72 | 5 | 1.40 | 34 | 0.96 | 22 | 2.58 | 24 | 2.13 |
| High-high poverty N=1,951 |
Low-low poverty N=2,622 |
High-low poverty N=1,594 |
Low-high poverty N=425 |
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| Infant Characteristics | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
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| Term birth | 1,759 | 90.16 | 2,436 | 92.91 | 1,466 | 91.97 | 390 | 91.76 |
| Preterm birth | 192 | 9.84 | 186 | 7.09 | 128 | 8.03 | 35 | 8.24 |
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| Late preterm birth | 133 | 6.82 | 165 | 6.29 | 108 | 6.78 | 31 | 7.29 |
| Early preterm birth | 59 | 3.02 | 21 | 0.80 | 20 | 1.25 | 4 | 0.94 |