Lafayette Parish Louisiana (LA) 2006-2008

Lafayette Parish Louisiana (LA) 2006-2008

A.  TEEN BIRTH RATE

Maternal age (years) / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
15-17 / 10.4 / 50.3 / 0.0 / 22.8 / 29.0
18-19 / 53.0 / 132.4 / 40.4 / 77.8 / 94.5
15-19 / 27.4 / 83.1 / 16.2 / 44.8 / 55.2

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

Age at death / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Fetal / 5.6 / 8.9 / * / 6.7 / 5.8
Perinatal / 5.1 / 16.0 / 0.0 / 8.7 / 6.8
Neonatal / 4.0 / 12.1 / 0.0 / 6.6 / 5.4
Postneonatal / 2.5 / 5.9 / 0.0 / 3.6 / 3.9
Infant / 6.5 / 17.9 / 0.0 / 10.2 / 9.4
1-4 years / * / * / 0.0 / 20.4 / 38.3
5-9 years / 24.8 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 16.0 / 20.8
10-14 years / * / * / 0.0 / 14.0 / 23.0
15-19 years / 77.6 / 63.1 / 0.0 / 71.2 / 89.4
20-24 years / 134.9 / 126.9 / * / 133.4 / 156.4

C.  MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Maternal complications during labor and delivery (%) / 14.4 / 15.9 / 10.2 / 14.8 / 25.0

D.  SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs) DURING PREGNANCY

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
All STDs (%) / 1.6 / 10.3 / * / 4.5 / 6.1
Chlamydia (%) / 1.4 / 8.3 / * / 3.7 / 5.0

E.  PRENATAL CARE

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
First trimester entry (%) / 97.2 / 90.4 / 93.1 / 94.7 / 86.9
Early and adequate (%) / 87.1 / 78.0 / 82.9 / 83.9 / 84.9

F.  OBSTETRICAL CARE

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Very low birth weight infants born at Level III hospitals or subspecialty perinatal centers (%) / 91.7 / 78.9 / * / 83.7 / 88.9
Primary Cesarean delivery among low risk women (%) / 21.0 / 22.3 / 20.4 / 21.4 / 20.9
Repeat cesarean delivery among low risk women (%) / 98.6 / 98.4 / 100.0 / 98.6 / 97.4

G.  LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PREMATURITY

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Very low birth weight
(<1500 grams) (%) / 1.2 / 4.2 / * / 2.2 / 2.2
Low birth weight
(<2500 grams) (%) / 7.2 / 15.0 / 4.9 / 9.8 / 11.2
Pre-term births
<32 weeks gestational age (%) / 1.4 / 4.5 / * / 2.4 / 2.4
Pre-term births
32-36 weeks
gestational age (%) / 8.1 / 12.3 / 9.8 / 9.5 / 10.7
Total pre-term births <37 weeks
gestational age (%) / 9.5 / 16.7 / 10.6 / 12.0 / 13.1

H.  SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Smoking (%) / 11.2 / 8.5 / 2.9 / 10.1 / 10.3

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

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