Table 2.
Race-stratified distribution of individual- and neighborhood-attributes among women living in selected counties1 in metro Atlanta, GA (2013–2015)
| Total | Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic Black | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Overall | 52,712 | 23,983 | 45.5 | 28,729 | 54.5 |
| Outcome | |||||
| Preterm Birth (≤37 weeks)2 | 5,078 | 1,450 | 6.0 | 3,628 | 12.6 |
| Individual-Level | |||||
| Maternal age (years) | |||||
| ≤ 19 | 4,103 | 636 | 2.7 | 3,467 | 12.1 |
| 20–24 | 11,389 | 2677 | 11.2 | 8,712 | 30.3 |
| 25–29 | 13,245 | 5938 | 24.8 | 7,307 | 25.4 |
| 30–34 | 14,566 | 8976 | 37.4 | 5,590 | 19.5 |
| 35+ | 9,409 | 5756 | 24.0 | 3,653 | 12.7 |
| Maternal education | |||||
| < HS education | 4,906 | 926 | 3.9 | 3980 | 13.9 |
| High school grad/GED | 14,690 | 3671 | 15.3 | 11019 | 38.4 |
| > HS education | 33,116 | 19386 | 80.8 | 13730 | 47.8 |
| Smoked during pregnancy | |||||
| Yes | 1,848 | 890 | 3.7 | 958 | 3.3 |
| No | 50,864 | 23,093 | 96.3 | 27,771 | 96.7 |
| Number of previous births | |||||
| 1 | 23,799 | 11,762 | 49.0 | 12,037 | 41.9 |
| 2–3 | 23,149 | 10,799 | 45.0 | 12,350 | 43.0 |
| ≥ 4 | 5,764 | 1,422 | 5.9 | 4,342 | 15.1 |
| Neighborhood-Level | |||||
| Violent Crime | |||||
| Observed3 | |||||
| Low (0 – 0.6) | 10,882 | 8,230 | 34.3 | 2,652 | 9.2 |
| Medium (0.7 – 2.5) | 13,937 | 7,871 | 32.8 | 6,066 | 21.1 |
| High (2.6 – 6.6) | 15,674 | 5,312 | 22.1 | 10,362 | 36.1 |
| Very high (6.7 – 77.6) | 12,219 | 2,570 | 10.7 | 9,649 | 33.6 |
| Range; median | 0 – 77.6; 2.8 | 0 – 77.6; 1.5 | 0 – 77.6; 4.8 | ||
| Estimated4 | |||||
| Low (0 – 9.0) | 14,199 | 8,359 | 34.9 | 5,840 | 20.3 |
| Medium (9.1 – 22.5) | 15,624 | 6,983 | 29.1 | 8,641 | 30.1 |
| High (22.6 – 75.6) | 13,390 | 4,622 | 19.3 | 8,768 | 30.5 |
| Very high (75.7 – 559.4) | 9,499 | 4,019 | 16.8 | 5,480 | 19.1 |
| Range; median | 0 – 559.4; 17.9 | 0.4 – 559.4; 14.8 | 0 – 559.4; 21.7 | ||
1
Fifteen counties in Georgia were included in this analysis: Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton
2
Birth data was used from vital birth records found on Georgia Department of Public Health website
3
The observed crime rate was calculated by dividing the total count of crime by the total population for the census tract
4
The estimated crime rate is the modeled index value provided by the Environmental Systems Research Institute for each census tract