Louisiana 2005

A.  TEEN BIRTH RATE

Maternal age (years) / White / Black / Other / All races
15-17 / 16.6 / 41.7 / 14.8 / 26.8
18-19 / 66.3 / 110.1 / 54.1 / 83.8
15-19 / 36.5 / 69.1 / 30.5 / 49.6

B.  FETAL, INFANT, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT MORTALITY RATES

Age at death / White / Black / Other / All races
Fetal / NA / NA / NA / NA
Perinatal / NA / NA / NA / NA
Neonatal / 4.1 / 8.5 / * / 5.8
Postneonatal / 3.0 / 6.7 / * / 4.4
Infant / 7.1 / 15.1 / 3.0 / 10.1
1-4 years / 39.6 / 65.0 / * / 49.2
5-9 years / 13.3 / 34.3 / 0.0 / 21.1
10-14 years / 26.1 / 38.2 / * / 30.5
15-19 years / 93.9 / 111.9 / 49.3 / 99.8
20-24 years / 137.9 / 193.4 / 90.3 / 157.5

C.  PREGNANCY-ASOCIATED MORTALITY & MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races
Pregnancy-associated mortality rate / 60.1 / 134.0 / * / 89.2
Maternal complications during labor and delivery (%) / 28.6 / 32.3 / 28.1 / 30.0

D.  SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs) DURING PREGNANCY

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races
All STDs (%) / 1.6 / 12.3 / 2.1 / 5.9
Chlamydia (%) / 1.4 / 9.7 / 1.8 / 4.7
Gonorrhea / 0.2 / 3.2 / 0.5 / 1.4
Syphilis (%) / 0.1 / 0.6 / 0.1 / 0.3

E.  PRENATAL CARE

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races
First trimester entry (%) / 92.6 / 78.9 / 88.5 / 87.1
Early and adequate (%) / 89.2 / 77.9 / 84.5 / 84.6

F.  OBSTETRICAL CARE

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races
Very low birth weight infants born at Level III hospitals or subspecialty perinatal centers (%) / 88.7 / 85.5 / 95.7 / 86.8
Primary Cesarean delivery among low risk women (%) / 21.9 / 20.8 / 18.9 / 21.4
Repeat cesarean delivery among low risk women (%) / 96.7 / 95.4 / 96.8 / 96.2

G.  LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PREMATURITY

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races
Very low birth weight
(<1500 grams) (%) / 1.4 / 3.6 / 1.4 / 2.3
Low birth weight
(<2500 grams) (%) / 8.5 / 16.0 / 7.9 / 11.5
Pre-term births
<32 weeks gestational age (%) / 1.6 / 4.0 / 1.6 / 2.6
Pre-term births
32-36 weeks
gestational age (%) / 9.7 / 13.5 / 8.3 / 11.2
Total pre-term births <37 weeks
gestational age (%) / 11.3 / 17.6 / 9.9 / 13.7

H.  SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races
Alcohol (%) / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.2 / 0.4
Smoking (%) / 13.6 / 6.1 / 4.6 / 10.4

* Rates or percents with numerators greater than zero and less than five or with denominators equal to zero.

Technical Notes