<p>Louisiana 2005</p><p>A. TEEN BIRTH RATE Maternal age All White Black Other E. OBSTETRICAL CARE (years) races Indicator All White Black Other 15-17 16.6 41.7 14.8 26.8 races 18-19 66.3 110.1 54.1 83.8 Very low birth 15-19 36.5 69.1 30.5 49.6 weight infants born at Level III hospitals or 88.7 85.5 95.7 86.8 B. FETAL, INFANT, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT subspecialty MORTALITY RATES perinatal centers Age at death White Black Other All races (%) Fetal NA NA NA NA Primary Cesarean Perinatal NA NA NA NA delivery among low 21.9 20.8 18.9 21.4 Neonatal 4.1 8.5 * 5.8 risk women (%) Postneonatal 3.0 6.7 * 4.4 Repeat cesarean Infant 7.1 15.1 3.0 10.1 delivery among low 96.7 95.4 96.8 96.2 1-4 years 39.6 65.0 * 49.2 risk women (%) 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 B. LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PREMATURITY Indicator All 20-24 years 137.9 193.4 90.3 157.5 White Black Other races Very low birth weight 1.4 3.6 1.4 2.3 A. PREGNANCY-ASOCIATED MORTALITY & (<1500 grams) (%) MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS Low birth weight 8.5 16.0 7.9 11.5 Indicator White Black Other All races (<2500 grams) (%) Pregnancy- Pre-term births associated mortality 60.1 134.0 * 89.2 <32 weeks 1.6 4.0 1.6 2.6 rate gestational age (%) Maternal Pre-term births complications 28.6 32.3 28.1 30.0 32-36 weeks 9.7 13.5 8.3 11.2 during labor and gestational age (%) delivery (%) Total pre-term births <37 weeks 11.3 17.6 9.9 13.7 gestational age (%) C. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs) DURING PREGNANCY Indicator White Black Other All races F. SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY Indicator All All STDs (%) 1.6 12.3 2.1 5.9 White Black Other Chlamydia (%) 1.4 9.7 1.8 4.7 races Gonorrhea 0.2 3.2 0.5 1.4 Alcohol (%) 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 Syphilis (%) 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 Smoking (%) 13.6 6.1 4.6 10.4</p><p>* Rates or percents with numerators greater than zero and less than five or with denominators equal to zero. D. PRENATAL CARE Indicator White Black Other All races Technical Notes First trimester entry 92.6 78.9 88.5 87.1 (%) Early and adequate 89.2 77.9 84.5 84.6 (%)</p><p>Louisiana 2005</p>