TABLE 1. Prevalence of prepregnancy normal weight* among women with a live birth, by jurisdiction and year — 48 states,† District of Columbia, and New York City, 2011–2015.
| Jurisdiction |
No. of live
births |
% of women
with prepregnancy normal weight§ |
Percentage-point
difference in standardized¶ prevalence from 2011 to
2015 |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
||
| Alabama | —** | — | — | 57,563 | 58,312 | — | — | — | 42.3 | 40.9 | — |
| Alaska |
— |
— |
10,871 |
11,101 |
10,956 |
— |
— |
46.4 |
45.9 |
46.2 |
— |
| Arizona |
— |
— |
— |
86,351 |
84,960 |
— |
— |
— |
44.9 |
43.9 |
— |
| Arkansas |
— |
— |
— |
37,459 |
37,599 |
— |
— |
— |
42.1 |
42.9 |
— |
| California |
474,514 |
477,348 |
470,386 |
481,030 |
473,927 |
48.5 |
48.2 |
47.6 |
47.5 |
46.7 |
-1.7†† |
| Colorado |
63,266 |
63,372 |
63,340 |
63,909 |
64,528 |
52.3 |
51.1 |
50.5 |
50.6 |
49.5 |
-2.7†† |
| Delaware |
11,059 |
10,916 |
10,696 |
10,849 |
11,071 |
45.1 |
45.1 |
43.8 |
42.7 |
41.0 |
-3.5†† |
| District of Columbia |
8,050 |
8,597 |
8,608 |
9,022 |
9,240 |
52.7 |
52.4 |
52.6 |
53.0 |
52.2 |
-1.8 |
| Florida |
202,005 |
201,549 |
202,173 |
206,871 |
211,232 |
48.3 |
48.2 |
47.3 |
47.1 |
46.5 |
-1.7†† |
| Georgia |
102,287 |
110,951 |
109,530 |
116,260 |
121,378 |
42.6 |
42.3 |
41.5 |
42.3 |
42.1 |
-0.2 |
| Hawaii |
— |
— |
— |
17,661 |
17,653 |
— |
— |
— |
48.5 |
47.8 |
— |
| Idaho |
22,232 |
22,883 |
22,299 |
22,819 |
22,703 |
50.1 |
49.3 |
48.8 |
48.4 |
47.4 |
-2.8†† |
| Illinois |
156,300 |
153,521 |
150,347 |
152,685 |
150,222 |
46.0 |
45.5 |
44.5 |
44.4 |
42.8 |
-2.9†† |
| Indiana |
82,794 |
82,545 |
82,442 |
83,736 |
83,727 |
45.0 |
44.4 |
43.2 |
43.1 |
42.0 |
-2.6†† |
| Iowa |
38,061 |
38,555 |
38,964 |
39,512 |
39,281 |
46.5 |
46.0 |
45.1 |
44.8 |
44.6 |
-1.5†† |
| Kansas |
38,588 |
39,479 |
38,095 |
38,676 |
38,999 |
46.8 |
46.3 |
45.9 |
44.5 |
44.0 |
-2.7†† |
| Kentucky |
54,413 |
54,873 |
54,706 |
55,653 |
55,397 |
43.7 |
43.0 |
42.2 |
42.1 |
41.1 |
-2.2†† |
| Louisiana |
59,214 |
60,165 |
60,920 |
62,428 |
62,191 |
43.8 |
43.1 |
43.0 |
42.5 |
41.3 |
-1.9†† |
| Maine |
— |
— |
— |
12,585 |
12,562 |
— |
— |
— |
43.1 |
41.7 |
— |
| Maryland |
69,775 |
70,093 |
69,045 |
71,388 |
71,406 |
46.5 |
46.0 |
45.8 |
45.4 |
44.3 |
-2.1†† |
| Massachusetts |
— |
68,218 |
66,589 |
67,812 |
68,945 |
— |
52.5 |
52.4 |
51.9 |
51.0 |
— |
| Michigan |
109,157 |
108,065 |
108,462 |
110,080 |
109,542 |
45.1 |
44.6 |
44.0 |
43.3 |
42.4 |
-2.5†† |
| Minnesota |
— |
66,583 |
67,735 |
68,472 |
67,775 |
— |
45.5 |
45.5 |
44.9 |
43.8 |
— |
| Mississippi |
— |
— |
38,056 |
38,554 |
38,232 |
— |
— |
39.7 |
39.4 |
37.7 |
— |
| Missouri |
74,491 |
74,038 |
73,978 |
74,352 |
74,121 |
47.3 |
47.0 |
46.5 |
46.0 |
45.3 |
-1.8†† |
| Montana |
11,761 |
11,652 |
11,963 |
12,241 |
12,458 |
49.0 |
48.8 |
48.5 |
48.0 |
46.5 |
-3.5 |
| Nebraska |
25,465 |
25,710 |
25,859 |
26,531 |
26,434 |
48.4 |
48.4 |
47.1 |
46.9 |
46.3 |
-2.1†† |
| Nevada |
34,793 |
34,521 |
34,636 |
35,288 |
35,694 |
48.8 |
48.9 |
47.9 |
47.2 |
46.4 |
-1.8†† |
| New Hampshire |
11,820 |
11,391 |
11,590 |
11,649 |
11,844 |
50.1 |
49.5 |
48.9 |
47.7 |
47.4 |
-2.4 |
| New Mexico |
25,390 |
25,447 |
25,028 |
24,666 |
24,899 |
43.2 |
44.1 |
44.3 |
43.6 |
42.0 |
-0.1 |
| New
York§§ |
114,593 |
114,215 |
113,392 |
111,635 |
112,131 |
46.7 |
46.3 |
46.0 |
45.1 |
44.3 |
-2.2†† |
| New York City |
117,787 |
118,093 |
115,251 |
116,281 |
115,814 |
53.2 |
53.5 |
53.0 |
52.2 |
52.1 |
-1.3†† |
| North Carolina |
116,970 |
116,249 |
116,489 |
118,550 |
117,841 |
46.4 |
45.8 |
45.1 |
45.1 |
44.5 |
-1.8†† |
| North Dakota |
9,382 |
9,948 |
10,364 |
11,115 |
11,155 |
41.0 |
41.0 |
42.4 |
41.8 |
40.2 |
-2.5 |
| Ohio |
130,723 |
131,056 |
131,785 |
135,214 |
135,442 |
46.9 |
46.7 |
46.2 |
45.7 |
44.8 |
-2.0†† |
| Oklahoma |
50,824 |
51,139 |
51,676 |
52,323 |
52,024 |
45.2 |
44.5 |
43.5 |
42.5 |
41.7 |
-3.2†† |
| Oregon |
44,311 |
43,917 |
43,909 |
44,675 |
45,098 |
48.5 |
47.9 |
48.2 |
47.7 |
47.0 |
-1.3†† |
| Pennsylvania |
130,461 |
128,323 |
126,663 |
133,108 |
130,973 |
49.2 |
48.8 |
48.4 |
48.4 |
47.1 |
-2.0†† |
| Rhode Island |
— |
— |
— |
— |
10,431 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
48.2 |
— |
| South Carolina |
56,023 |
55,267 |
55,576 |
56,919 |
57,333 |
42.5 |
42.9 |
41.9 |
41.8 |
41.3 |
-0.6 |
| South Dakota |
11,675 |
11,954 |
12,094 |
12,136 |
12,194 |
47.8 |
48.6 |
47.0 |
47.8 |
46.5 |
-1.0 |
| Tennessee |
76,586 |
77,402 |
77,400 |
79,112 |
78,735 |
46.5 |
46.5 |
45.9 |
45.2 |
44.7 |
-1.6†† |
| Texas |
374,890 |
380,229 |
385,536 |
396,957 |
401,330 |
47.4 |
46.8 |
46.0 |
45.3 |
44.5 |
-1.9†† |
| Utah |
49,951 |
50,670 |
50,181 |
50,473 |
50,239 |
54.9 |
54.0 |
53.7 |
53.1 |
51.9 |
-2.4†† |
| Vermont |
5,957 |
5,927 |
5,900 |
6,053 |
5,818 |
49.4 |
49.2 |
47.9 |
47.6 |
46.7 |
−6.0 |
| Virginia |
— |
— |
74,145 |
77,879 |
91,400 |
— |
— |
48.4 |
48.1 |
45.4 |
— |
| Washington |
81,676 |
83,051 |
81,723 |
83,821 |
84,917 |
46.4 |
45.9 |
45.5 |
45.3 |
45.9 |
-0.4 |
| West Virginia |
— |
— |
— |
19,709 |
19,489 |
— |
— |
— |
42.4 |
40.1 |
— |
| Wisconsin |
66,647 |
66,342 |
65,556 |
65,915 |
65,727 |
43.1 |
43.2 |
42.9 |
42.3 |
41.7 |
-1.0†† |
| Wyoming |
7,278 |
7,448 |
7,532 |
7,609 |
7,703 |
50.1 |
49.9 |
50.3 |
50.2 |
49.0 |
-3.1 |
|
38 jurisdictions with BMI
data from 2011 to 2015
|
3,121,169
|
3,136,901
|
3,124,094
|
3,191,541
|
3,194,768
|
47.3
|
46.9
|
46.3
|
45.9
|
45.1
|
-1.9††
|
| All jurisdictions with available data | 3,121,169 | 3,271,702 | 3,381,490 | 3,686,687 | 3,713,082 | 47.3 | 47.0 | 46.4 | 45.9 | 45.0 | -2.1†† |
Abbreviation: BMI = body mass index (kg/m2).
* BMI = 18.5–24.9.
† Connecticut and New Jersey did not use the revised birth certificate by January 1, 2015.
§ Crude prevalence.
¶ Standardized to 2011 race/ethnicity and age distribution.
** Revised birth certificate data not available for that jurisdiction during that year.
†† Statistically significant (p<0.05) decrease in mean prevalence standardized to the 2011 maternal age and race/ethnicity distribution.
§§ Natality data from New York City are reported separately and are not included in New York state estimates.