TABLE 2.

Preterm birth rates and demographic characteristics by state.

Demographic characteristic	Mean (SD)	Range
Preterm Birth (<37 weeks) %	11.5% (1.73)	8.1–16.6%
Very Early Preterm Birth (<32 weeks) %	1.6% (0.29)	1.1–2.4%
Moderate Preterm Birth (32–36 weeks) %	8.0% (0.89)	6.5–10.5%
Late Preterm Birth (34–36 weeks)%	6.9% (0.78)	5.5–9.4%
Poverty Rate (%)	14.0% (3.83)	7.1–27.6%
Obesity Rate (%)	29.3% (3.8)	20.2–36.2%
Non – Hispanic Black Women (%)	11.0% (11)	0.0–49.0%
Violent crime (% per capita)	0.004% (0.002)	0.001 – 0.012%
C – section deliveries (%)	30.8% (4.02)	22.3–38.3%
Smoking (%)	19.4% (5.20)	8.3–32.4%
Binge drinking (%)	16.9% (4.28)	8.4–29.8%
Births to women ages <20 (%)	7.0% (1.96)	3.9–11.4%
Births to women ages >40 (%)	2.7% (0.95)	1.4–5.2%
Late/No prenatal care (%)	5.7% (2.04)	1.4–10.2%