TABLE 1.
Demographics of Included and Excluded Pregnant Persons
| Excluded | Included | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | 2,034,359 | 3,270,610 | 459,248 | 394,013 | 345,766 | 331,175 | 336,112 | 339,843 | 344,074 | 355,643 | 364,736 |
| Age group, y | |||||||||||
| 16–19 | 180,830 (8.9) | 262,759 (8.0) | 45,056 (9.8) | 36,785 (9.3) | 31,075 (9.0) | 27,394 (8.3) | 26,171 (7.8) | 25,083 (7.4) | 23,983 (7.0) | 23,716 (6.7) | 23,496 (6.4) |
| 20–24 | 486,974 (23.9) | 719,912 (22.0) | 105,921 (23.1) | 90,550 (23.0) | 79,272 (22.9) | 75,553 (22.8) | 75,517 (22.5) | 74,077 (21.8) | 72,710 (21.1) | 73,118 (20.6) | 73,194 (20.1) |
| 25–30 | 708,316 (34.8) | 1,154,570 (35.3) | 159,346 (34.7) | 137,799 (35.0) | 120,959 (35.0) | 116,426 (35.2) | 119,124 (35.4) | 121,481 (35.8) | 123,305 (35.8) | 126,547 (35.6) | 129,583 (35.5) |
| 31–40 | 658,239 (32.4) | 1,133,369 (34.7) | 148,925 (32.4) | 128,879 (32.7) | 114,460 (33.1) | 111,802 (33.8) | 115,300 (34.3) | 119,202 (35.1) | 124,076 (36.1) | 132,262 (37.2) | 138,463 (38.0) |
| Race/Ethnicity* | |||||||||||
| Not available | 1,180,839 (58.0) | 1,470,192 (45.0) | 219,798 (47.9) | 178,930 (45.4) | 148,572 (42.0) | 139,799 (42.2) | 148,226 (44.1) | 151,449 (44.6) | 152,621 (44.4) | 160,719 (45.2) | 170,078 (46.6) |
| Black NH | 178,544 (20.9) | 354,671 (19.7) | 49,609 (20.7) | 45,077 (21.0) | 40,762 (20.7) | 39,793 (20.8) | 37,446 (19.9) | 35,743 (19.0) | 35,437 (18.5) | 35,935 (18.4) | 34,869 (17.9) |
| White NH | 397,023 (46.5) | 835,324 (46.4) | 119,595 (50.0) | 105,206 (48.9) | 94,891 (48.1) | 91,321 (47.7) | 86,684 (46.1) | 84,736 (45.0) | 85,046 (44.4) | 84,536 (43.4) | 83,309 (42.8) |
| Hispanic | 177,665 (20.8) | 423,521 (23.5) | 49,943 (20.9) | 45,602 (21.2) | 43,150 (21.9) | 42,383 (22.2) | 44,563 (23.7) | 47,655 (25.3) | 49,149 (25.7) | 50,710 (26.0) | 50,366 (25.9) |
| Other | 100,288 (11.8) | 186,902 (10.4) | 20,303 (8.5) | 19,198 (8.9) | 18,391 (9.3) | 17,879 (9.3) | 19,193 (10.2) | 20,260 (10.8) | 21,821 (11.4) | 23,743 (12.2) | 26,114 (13.4) |
| Payer type† | |||||||||||
| Medicaid | 514,460 (28.0) | 850,137 (26.7) | 128,339 (28.6) | 117,646 (30.6) | 102,098 (30.3) | 99,620 (30.8) | 96,460 (29.6) | 84,653 (25.9) | 76,429 (22.8) | 74,674 (21.5) | 70,218 (19.8) |
| Private payer | 1,324,607 (72.0) | 2,332,413 (73.3) | 319,757 (71.4) | 266,331 (69.4) | 234,739 (69.7) | 223,466 (69.2) | 228,991 (70.4) | 241,762 (74.1) | 259,332 (77.2) | 272,659 (78.5) | 285,376 (80.3) |
The table represents demographics for persons during first known pregnancy. Numbers in parentheses represent the proportion of the population in each demographic group; category sums may not total 100% because of rounding.
*Percentages for individual race/ethnicities are based on a denominator of those with available data.
†Payer type data were either not available or were Medicare data for 88,060 (2.7%) of included and 195,292 (9.6%) of excluded pregnant persons.
NH indicates non-Hispanic.