Livingston Parish Louisiana (LA) 2007-2009

A. TEEN BIRTH RATE Maternal age Blac All White Other LA (years) k races 15-17 26.4 34.9 * 27.1 28.4 18-19 99.4 107.3 * 99.0 94.1 15-19 55.6 63.9 27.8 55.9 54.7 E. OBSTETRICAL CARE Indicator Blac All White Other LA B. FETAL, INFANT, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT k races MORTALITY RATES Very low birth Age at death Blac All White Other LA weight infants born k races at Level III Fetal 4.0 * 0.0 4.0 5.4 hospitals or 100.0 100.0 * 100.0 89.0 Perinatal 3.5 * 0.0 3.3 6.3 subspecialty Neonatal 2.3 * 0.0 2.3 5.1 perinatal centers Postneonatal 2.7 * 0.0 2.6 3.9 (%) Infant 5.0 * 0.0 4.9 9.0 Primary Cesarean 1-4 years 45.1 * 0.0 45.6 42.5 delivery among low 13.3 17.6 8.1 13.5 21.7 5-9 years * 0.0 0.0 * 18.3 risk women (%) 10-14 years * * 0.0 18.4 26.2 Repeat cesarean 15-19 years 145.4 * 0.0 136.0 87.9 delivery among low 94.9 98.2 81.8 95.0 97.5 20-24 years 159.6 * 0.0 149.9 143.0 risk women (%)

A. MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS B. LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PREMATURITY Indicator Blac All Indicator Blac All White Other LA White Other LA k races k races Maternal Very low birth complications weight 1.2 1.4 0.0 1.2 2.1 27.9 35.2 29.9 28.4 25.9 during labor and (<1500 grams) (%) delivery (%) Low birth weight 8.0 10.4 12.4 8.2 10.9 (<2500 grams) (%) Pre-term births <32 weeks 1.2 1.4 0.0 1.2 2.3 C. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs) gestational age (%) DURING PREGNANCY Pre-term births Indicator Blac All White Other LA 32-36 weeks 8.2 8.2 7.2 8.2 10.3 k races gestational age (%) All STDs (%) 1.5 9.0 * 2.0 6.3 Total pre-term Chlamydia (%) 1.3 7.4 * 1.7 5.5 births <37 weeks 9.4 9.6 7.2 9.4 12.6 gestational age (%)

D. PRENATAL CARE F. SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY Indicator Blac All Indicator Blac All White Other LA White Other LA k races k races First trimester entry 92.5 82.2 88.7 91.7 87.0 Smoking (%) 12.6 4.1 * 11.9 10.2 (%) Early and adequate 94.0 84.9 88.7 93.3 85.1 (%) * Rates or percents with numerators greater than zero and less than five or with denominators equal to zero.

Technical Notes Livingston Parish Louisiana (LA) 2007-2009