Lafayette Parish Louisiana (LA) 2005-2007

A.TEEN BIRTH RATE

Maternal age (years) / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
15-17 / 11.5 / 49.9 / 0.0 / 23.3 / 28.6
18-19 / 47.1 / 131.3 / 51.7 / 73.7 / 90.7
15-19 / 25.7 / 82.5 / 20.7 / 43.5 / 53.5
  1. FETAL, INFANT, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT MORTALITY RATES

Age at death / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Neonatal / 4.8 / 12.0 / 0.0 / 7.2 / 5.7
Postneonatal / 2.9 / 6.6 / 0.0 / 4.1 / 4.0
Infant / 7.8 / 18.6 / 0.0 / 11.3 / 9.7
1-4 years / 20.6 / 39.3 / 0.0 / 26.0 / 39.2
5-9 years / 25.7 / * / 0.0 / 19.0 / 20.2
10-14 years / 18.4 / * / 0.0 / 21.3 / 26.1
15-19 years / 78.2 / 71.3 / 0.0 / 74.2 / 93.2
20-24 years / 151.3 / 126.3 / * / 142.6 / 157.1

C.MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Maternal complications during labor and delivery (%) / 16.7 / 20.1 / 8.2 / 17.6 / 26.9

D. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs) DURING PREGNANCY

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
All STDs (%) / 1.5 / 10.8 / * / 4.7 / 5.7
Chlamydia (%) / 1.4 / 8.7 / * / 3.9 / 4.6

E.PRENATAL CARE

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
First trimester entry (%) / 97.4 / 89.4 / 94.7 / 94.6 / 87.0
Early and adequate (%) / 82.7 / 71.2 / 81.1 / 78.7 / 84.7
  1. OBSTETRICAL CARE

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Very low birth weight infants born at Level III hospitals or subspecialty perinatal centers (%) / 92.5 / 76.8 / * / 83.1 / 87.7
Primary Cesarean delivery among low risk women (%) / 20.7 / 23.0 / 18.6 / 21.4 / 20.8
Repeat cesarean delivery among low risk women (%) / 98.6 / 98.3 / 100.0 / 98.6 / 97.1

G.LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PREMATURITY

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Very low birth weight
(<1500 grams) (%) / 1.4 / 4.0 / * / 2.3 / 2.2
Low birth weight
(<2500 grams) (%) / 7.4 / 14.6 / 5.3 / 9.8 / 11.4
Pre-term births
<32 weeks gestational age (%) / 1.5 / 4.4 / * / 2.5 / 2.5
Pre-term births
32-36 weeks
gestational age (%) / 8.2 / 12.0 / 11.1 / 9.6 / 11.0
Total pre-term births <37 weeks
gestational age (%) / 9.7 / 16.5 / 11.5 / 12.1 / 13.5

H.SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY

Indicator / White / Black / Other / All races / LA
Alcohol (%) / 0.5 / 0.5 / * / 0.5 / 0.3
Smoking (%) / 11.6 / 7.9 / 2.9 / 10.1 / 10.3

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

Technical Notes