Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for California live births July 2020 to January 2021.
| Full sample | No COVID-19 | COVID-19 + | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N240,157 | % | N231,200 | %96.3 | N8,957 | %3.7 | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Latinx | 113,323 | 47.2 | 107,205 | 46.4 | 6,118 | 68.3 |
| Non-Latinx | ||||||
| White | 64,402 | 26.8 | 63,059 | 27.3 | 1,343 | 15 |
| Black | 11,823 | 4.9 | 11,447 | 5 | 376 | 4.2 |
| Asian | 31,572 | 13.2 | 31,046 | 13.4 | 526 | 5.9 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 727 | 0.3 | 699 | 0.3 | 28 | 0.3 |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 944 | 0.4 | 896 | 0.4 | 48 | 0.5 |
| Other | 239 | 0.1 | 229 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 |
| Two or more races | 5,739 | 2.4 | 5,602 | 2.4 | 137 | 1.5 |
| Not stated/Unknown | 11,388 | 4.8 | 11,017 | 4.8 | 371 | 4.1 |
| Maternal age | ||||||
| < 18 years | 2,041 | 0.9 | 1,901 | 0.8 | 140 | 1.6 |
| 18 - 34 years | 178,512 | 74.3 | 171,372 | 74.1 | 7,140 | 79.7 |
| > 34 years | 59,544 | 24.8 | 57,868 | 25 | 1,676 | 18.7 |
| Missing | 60 | 0.0 | 59 | 0.0 | * | |
| Education | ||||||
| < 12 years | 25,126 | 10.5 | 23,385 | 10.1 | 1,741 | 19.4 |
| 12 years | 58,237 | 24.3 | 55,551 | 24 | 2,686 | 30 |
| > 12 years | 139,707 | 58.2 | 135,896 | 58.8 | 3,811 | 42.6 |
| Missing | 17,087 | 7.1 | 16,368 | 7.1 | 719 | 8.0 |
| Payer for delivery | ||||||
| Private | 127,016 | 52.9 | 123,724 | 53.5 | 3,292 | 36.8 |
| Public | 96,794 | 40.3 | 91,715 | 39.7 | 5,079 | 56.7 |
| Other/unknown | 16,347 | 6.8 | 15,761 | 6.8 | 586 | 6.5 |
| Nulliparous | 94,884 | 39.5 | 91,810 | 39.7 | 3,074 | 34.3 |
| Place of birth for person giving birth | ||||||
| US | 162,322 | 67.6 | 156,685 | 67.8 | 5,637 | 62.9 |
| Mexico | 31,392 | 13.1 | 29,409 | 12.7 | 1,983 | 22.1 |
| Other/unknown | 46,443 | 19.3 | 45,106 | 19.5 | 1,337 | 14.9 |
| Adequacy of prenatal care | ||||||
| Adequate plus/adequate | 158,895 | 66.2 | 153,382 | 66.3 | 5,513 | 61.6 |
| Intermediate | 49,432 | 20.6 | 47,493 | 20.5 | 1,939 | 21.7 |
| Inadequate | 24,692 | 10.3 | 23,517 | 10.2 | 1,175 | 13.1 |
| Missing | 7,138 | 3.0 | 6,808 | 2.9 | 330 | 3.7 |
| Month of birth | ||||||
| 2020 | ||||||
| July | 36,516 | 15.2 | 35,588 | 15.4 | 928 | 10.4 |
| Aug | 36,452 | 15.2 | 35,453 | 15.3 | 999 | 11.2 |
| Sept | 35,703 | 14.9 | 34,840 | 15.1 | 863 | 9.6 |
| Oct | 35,277 | 14.7 | 34,526 | 14.9 | 751 | 8.4 |
| Nov | 32,714 | 13.6 | 31,748 | 13.7 | 966 | 10.8 |
| Dec | 32,430 | 13.5 | 30,273 | 13.1 | 2,157 | 24.1 |
| 2021 | ||||||
| Jan | 31,065 | 12.9 | 28,772 | 12.5 | 2,293 | 25.6 |
* Cells not displayed when n < 5