Jay's World of Abstracts 00024
The Right Start New Mexico Profile
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be able to be found on the Internet. I encourage others to make their
own abstracts to satisfy their needs. I would be happy to publish them
here.
Jay's Introduction
Here are some statistics for your consumption on the issue of
teen pregnancy. I include it here because it has a fine list of
INDICATORS that we might use in our Community Systems Change process.
Of course, our needs include having numbers on this for Quay County,
but we can get those, too.
I tire of the somewhat futile numbers that say that we are the
worst state for both Percent of total births to teens and Percent of
total births to mothers receiving late or no prenatal care. It is not a
terribly userful stat, except if you want to depress people that we
stink above and beyond other states. One trend that grabbed me was the
steady rise in the percentage of births to Hispanics compared with the
drop among whites. We are becoming a truly Hispanic state!
I produced this abstract using time paid for by the Quay
County Maternal Child and Community Health Council with funds from the
New Mexico Department of Health.
Abstracts
Profile of New Mexico
 |
| Number of Births by Ethnicity: 2000 |
|
|
|
| Total
Births |
27,223 |
100% |
| Non-Hispanic
White |
9,055 |
33.3% |
| Non-Hispanic
Black |
477 |
1.8% |
| Hispanic |
13,941 |
51.2% |
| Other |
3,750 |
13.8% |
|
|
| Key Indicators: 2000 |
|
|
| |
State |
U.S.
Average |
Rank |
| Percent of total births to
teens |
17.4 |
11.8 |
50 |
| Percent of teen births to
women who were already mothers |
21.6 |
21.1 |
38 |
| Percent of total births to
unmarried women |
45.6 |
33.2 |
48 |
| Percent of total births to
mothers with less than 12 years of education |
28.3 |
21.7 |
47 |
| Percent of total births to
mothers receiving late or no prenatal care |
9.4 |
3.9 |
51 |
| Percent of total births to
mothers who smoked during pregnancy |
9.8 |
12.2 |
15 |
| Percent low-birthweight
births (less than 5.5 lbs.) |
8.0 |
7.6 |
35 |
| Percent preterm births (less
than 37 completed weeks of gestation) |
12.3 |
11.6 |
36 |
|
| Trends In Key Indicators, 1990-2000 |
| Indicator* |
|
|
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000
|
| Percent of total births
to teens |
New Mexico |
|
16.3 |
16.5 |
17.0 |
17.8 |
18.0 |
18.4 |
17.8 |
17.9 |
18.2 |
17.9 |
17.4
|
| U.S. Average |
|
12.8 |
12.9 |
12.7 |
12.8 |
13.1 |
13.1 |
12.9 |
12.7 |
12.5 |
12.3 |
11.8
|
| Percent of teen births
to women who were already mothers |
New Mexico |
|
22.9 |
23.3 |
22.9 |
21.9 |
20.2 |
20.1 |
19.7 |
19.6 |
19.8 |
20.5 |
21.6
|
| U.S. Average |
|
24.3 |
24.6 |
25.0 |
23.4 |
21.8 |
21.0 |
21.4 |
21.6 |
21.5 |
21.2 |
21.1
|
| Percent of total births
to unmarried women |
New Mexico |
|
35.4 |
37.6 |
39.5 |
41.4 |
41.7 |
42.6 |
42.1 |
43.5 |
44.0 |
45.1 |
45.6
|
| U.S. Average |
|
28.0 |
29.5 |
30.1 |
31.0 |
32.6 |
32.2 |
32.4 |
32.4 |
32.8 |
33.0 |
33.2
|
| Percent of total births
to mothers with less than 12 years of education |
New Mexico |
|
27.2 |
27.6 |
29.0 |
28.8 |
28.1 |
28.0 |
28.0 |
27.1 |
28.2 |
28.3 |
28.3
|
| U.S. Average |
|
23.8 |
23.9 |
23.6 |
23.3 |
22.9 |
22.6 |
22.4 |
22.1 |
21.9 |
21.7 |
21.7
|
| Percent of total births
to mothers receiving late or no prenatal care |
New Mexico |
|
12.8 |
11.3 |
9.9 |
9.3 |
7.9 |
8.1 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
8.5 |
10.0 |
9.4
|
| U.S. Average |
|
6.1 |
5.8 |
5.2 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.9
|
| Percent of total births
to mothers who smoked during pregnancy |
New Mexico |
|
11.3 |
11.8 |
11.8 |
11.1 |
9.9 |
10.2 |
11.3 |
10.3 |
11.0 |
10.8 |
9.8
|
| U.S. Average |
|
18.4 |
17.8 |
16.9 |
15.8 |
14.5 |
13.9 |
13.6 |
13.2 |
12.9 |
12.6 |
12.2
|
| Percent low-birthweight
births (less than 5.5 lbs) |
New Mexico |
|
7.4 |
7.1 |
7.2 |
7.3 |
7.3 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.8 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
8.0
|
| U.S. Average |
|
7.0 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
7.2 |
7.3 |
7.3 |
7.4 |
7.5 |
7.6 |
7.6 |
7.6
|
| Percent preterm births
(less than 37 completed weeks of gestation) |
New Mexico |
|
11.0 |
10.5 |
10.6 |
11.3 |
11.2 |
11.2 |
10.9 |
11.0 |
11.3 |
11.9 |
12.3
|
| U.S. Average |
|
10.6 |
10.8 |
10.7 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
11.4 |
11.6 |
11.8 |
11.6
|
| Number of births by
Race and Ethnicity of mother |
New Mexico** |
White non-Hispanic |
10,527 |
10,563 |
10,331 |
10,155 |
10,185 |
9,914 |
10,085 |
9,545 |
9,453 |
9,168 |
9,055
|
| Black non-Hispanic |
512 |
550 |
489 |
525 |
505 |
473 |
439 |
477 |
468 |
465 |
477
|
| Hispanic |
12,193 |
12,592 |
12,957 |
13,054 |
12,984 |
12,900 |
13,255 |
13,322 |
13,714 |
13,827 |
13,941
|
| Other |
4,170 |
4,095 |
4,145 |
4,118 |
3,917 |
3,633 |
3,449 |
3,527 |
3,683 |
3,731 |
3,750
|
| Total |
27,402 |
27,800 |
27,922 |
27,852 |
27,591 |
26,920 |
27,228 |
26,871 |
27,318 |
27,191 |
27,223
|
*For a complete definition and a
list of sources for each of the nine indicators, please see
Definitions, Data Sources, and Reporting Issues.
**The Other category
consists of Asian-Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and whites and
blacks where Hispanic origin is unknown.
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