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Access-Related Outcome Measures—Births (continued)
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| ST |
Area |
Number of Births |
Late or No Prenatal Care |
Low Birth Weight
(Full-Term Births) |
Preterm Births |
|---|
| Rate (%) |
Ratio to Mean |
Observed/
Expected |
Rate (%) |
Ratio to Mean |
Observed/
Expected |
Rate (%) |
Ratio to Mean |
Observed/
Expected |
|---|
| PA |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA |
7,209 |
2.1 |
0.574 |
0.674 |
2.6 |
1.063 |
1.197 |
12.5 |
1.085 |
1.170 |
| PA | Carbon County | 593 | 4.2 | 1.108 | 1.265 | 3.1 | 1.240 | 1.286 | 13.7 | 1.184 | 1.256 |
| PA | Lehigh County | 3,774 | 1.7 | 0.460 | 0.534 | 2.8 | 1.153 | 1.295 | 11.4 | 0.980 | 1.059 |
| PA | Allentown | 1,656 | 2.8 | 0.734 | 0.722 | 3.7 | 1.497 | 1.586 | 12.2 | 1.053 | 1.092 |
| PA | Residual - Lehigh County | 2,118 | 0.9 | 0.245 | 0.387 | 2.2 | 0.883 | 1.068 | 10.7 | 0.922 | 1.034 |
| PA | Northampton County | 2,842 | 2.2 | 0.570 | 0.758 | 2.2 | 0.887 | 1.010 | 13.8 | 1.194 | 1.299 |
| PA | Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA | 7,344 | 2.9 | 0.792 | 0.918 | 2.7 | 1.116 | 1.189 | 9.9 | 0.856 | 0.890 |
| PA | Cumberland County | 2,259 | 2.3 | 0.602 | 0.960 | 2.0 | 0.810 | 0.964 | 9.0 | 0.774 | 0.861 |
| PA | Dauphin County | 3,136 | 3.3 | 0.865 | 0.922 | 3.4 | 1.374 | 1.333 | 10.9 | 0.936 | 0.911 |
| PA | Harrisburg | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| PA | Residual - Dauphin County | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| PA | Lebanon County | 1,426 | 3.3 | 0.865 | 1.135 | 2.9 | 1.169 | 1.317 | 8.6 | 0.746 | 0.813 |
| PA | Perry County | 523 | 2.3 | 0.611 | 0.909 | 1.5 | 0.624 | 0.727 | 11.5 | 0.993 | 1.098 |
| PA | Lancaster, PA MSA | 6,778 | 2.8 | 0.765 | 0.960 | 2.1 | 0.847 | 0.978 | 8.6 | 0.741 | 0.810 |
| PA | Lancaster County | 6,778 | 2.8 | 0.739 | 1.061 | 2.1 | 0.840 | 0.984 | 8.6 | 0.739 | 0.813 |
| PA | Lancaster | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| PA | Residual - Lancaster County | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| PA | Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA | 67,292 | 4.4 | 1.200 | 1.167 | 2.6 | 1.071 | 0.984 | 12.0 | 1.038 | 0.979 |
| PA | Bucks County | 7,348 | 1.7 | 0.453 | 0.778 | 2.0 | 0.824 | 1.013 | 9.7 | 0.840 | 0.942 |
| PA | Chester County | 5,818 | 2.0 | 0.539 | 0.907 | 1.6 | 0.657 | 0.799 | 9.4 | 0.809 | 0.889 |
| PA | Delaware County | 6,806 | 3.1 | 0.816 | 0.993 | 1.9 | 0.788 | 0.807 | 10.8 | 0.929 | 0.937 |
| PA | Montgomery County | 9,207 | 2.2 | 0.583 | 0.913 | 2.0 | 0.808 | 0.939 | 9.9 | 0.851 | 0.926 |
| PA | Philadelphia City and County | 21,718 | 6.9 | 1.806 | 1.136 | 3.7 | 1.516 | 1.061 | 14.5 | 1.248 | 0.987 |
| NJ | Burlington County | 5,213 | 4.6 | 1.204 | 1.607 | 2.0 | 0.827 | 0.892 | 11.7 | 1.012 | 1.033 |
| NJ | Camden County | 7,189 | 5.4 | 1.430 | 1.477 | 2.7 | 1.080 | 1.058 | 12.8 | 1.099 | 1.078 |
| NJ | Gloucester County | 3,219 | 3.4 | 0.905 | 1.185 | 2.2 | 0.897 | 0.971 | 12.2 | 1.050 | 1.094 |
| NJ | Salem County | 774 | 7.8 | 2.056 | 2.039 | 2.8 | 1.157 | 1.090 | 13.5 | 1.160 | 1.119 |
| PA | Pittsburgh, PA MSA | 25,676 | 2.2 | 0.598 | 0.591 | 2.3 | 0.942 | 0.909 | 11.6 | 1.001 | 0.992 |
| PA | Allegheny County | 14,445 | 2.3 | 0.609 | 0.593 | 2.2 | 0.915 | 0.850 | 12.1 | 1.040 | 1.020 |
| PA | Pittsburgh | 4,073 | 4.0 | 1.040 | 0.780 | 3.2 | 1.297 | 1.018 | 13.7 | 1.180 | 1.040 |
| PA | Residual - Allegheny County | 10,372 | 1.7 | 0.439 | 0.519 | 1.9 | 0.764 | 0.784 | 11.4 | 0.984 | 1.012 |
| PA | Beaver County | 1,771 | 1.5 | 0.396 | 0.410 | 1.8 | 0.712 | 0.690 | 10.5 | 0.902 | 0.912 |
| PA | Butler County | 2,157 | 1.7 | 0.459 | 0.592 | 2.5 | 0.999 | 1.090 | 10.7 | 0.921 | 0.996 |
| PA | Fayette County | 1,629 | 3.2 | 0.833 | 0.722 | 2.1 | 0.873 | 0.776 | 12.7 | 1.092 | 1.078 |
| PA | Washington County | 2,089 | 2.3 | 0.606 | 0.687 | 2.7 | 1.090 | 1.113 | 10.6 | 0.910 | 0.949 |
| PA | Westmoreland County | 3,585 | 1.8 | 0.482 | 0.542 | 2.5 | 1.021 | 1.040 | 10.8 | 0.929 | 0.975 |
| PA | Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA MSA | 6,100 | 2.1 | 0.569 | 0.561 | 2.3 | 0.927 | 0.925 | 10.8 | 0.933 | 0.955 |
| PA | Columbia County | 624 | 2.9 | 0.769 | 0.897 | 1.4 | 0.587 | 0.613 | 10.6 | 0.913 | 0.972 |
| PA | Lackawanna County | 2,119 | 2.9 | 0.766 | 0.792 | 2.5 | 0.998 | 0.982 | 11.2 | 0.966 | 1.004 |
| PA | Scranton | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| PA | Residual - Lackawanna County | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| PA | Luzerne County | 3,029 | 1.4 | 0.361 | 0.367 | 2.4 | 0.993 | 0.967 | 10.4 | 0.895 | 0.924 |
| PA | Wilkes-Barre | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| PA | Residual - Luzerne County | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| PA | Wyoming County | 328 | 1.9 | 0.487 | 0.568 | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | 12.2 | 1.051 | 1.119 |
| RI | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA | 17,500 | 1.8 | 0.479 | 0.505 | 2.3 | 0.944 | 0.991 | 11.0 | 0.949 | 0.990 |
| RI | Bristol County | 487 | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | 12.0 | 1.031 | 1.146 |
| RI | Kent County | 1,808 | 0.6 | 0.165 | 0.227 | 2.1 | 0.854 | 0.965 | 8.7 | 0.751 | 0.823 |
| RI | Providence County | 7,772 | 1.8 | 0.471 | 0.470 | 2.5 | 0.999 | 0.988 | 12.4 | 1.071 | 1.090 |
| RI | Providence | 2,653 | 1.8 | 0.463 | 0.345 | 3.1 | 1.241 | 1.117 | 14.6 | 1.261 | 1.215 |
| RI | Residual - Providence County | 5,119 | 1.8 | 0.474 | 0.535 | 2.1 | 0.874 | 0.921 | 11.3 | 0.972 | 1.026 |
| RI | Washington County | 1,372 | 0.4 | 0.117 | 0.186 | 2.4 | 0.978 | 1.170 | 9.5 | 0.819 | 0.917 |
| MA | Bristol County | 6,548 | 2.3 | 0.606 | 0.680 | 2.2 | 0.875 | 0.906 | 10.2 | 0.880 | 0.929 |
| SC | Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA | 7,803 | 2.7 | 0.749 | 0.621 | 3.7 | 1.507 | 1.205 | 12.6 | 1.088 | 0.930 |
| SC | Berkeley County | 2,190 | 2.1 | 0.546 | 0.459 | 4.4 | 1.800 | 1.492 | 11.8 | 1.017 | 0.894 |
| SC | Charleston County | 4,493 | 3.3 | 0.861 | 0.697 | 3.4 | 1.393 | 1.122 | 12.8 | 1.102 | 0.942 |
| SC | Charleston | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| SC | Residual - Charleston County | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| SC | Dorchester County | 1,120 | 2.0 | 0.522 | 0.464 | 3.2 | 1.308 | 1.129 | 13.3 | 1.148 | 1.040 |
| SC | Columbia, SC MSA | 7,338 | 4.9 | 1.348 | 1.167 | 2.8 | 1.156 | 0.941 | 14.0 | 1.209 | 1.041 |
| SC | Lexington County | 2,971 | 3.9 | 1.035 | 1.180 | 2.2 | 0.876 | 0.877 | 11.1 | 0.961 | 0.957 |
| SC | Richland County | 4,367 | 5.7 | 1.487 | 1.124 | 3.3 | 1.331 | 1.010 | 15.9 | 1.372 | 1.107 |
| SC | Columbia | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| SC | Residual - Richland County | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| SC | Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA | 12,891 | 4.0 | 1.083 | 0.988 | 2.4 | 1.001 | 0.892 | 13.7 | 1.189 | 1.105 |
| SC | Anderson County | 2,194 | 3.2 | 0.844 | 0.744 | 2.1 | 0.871 | 0.756 | 11.9 | 1.026 | 0.952 |
| SC | Cherokee County | 726 | 3.3 | 0.874 | 0.671 | 2.3 | 0.952 | 0.764 | 16.4 | 1.413 | 1.251 |
| SC | Greenville County | 5,364 | 4.7 | 1.250 | 1.241 | 2.8 | 1.122 | 1.046 | 13.7 | 1.179 | 1.124 |
| SC | Greenville | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| SC | Residual - Greenville County | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| SC | Pickens County | 1,344 | 2.6 | 0.672 | 0.681 | 1.8 | 0.728 | 0.696 | 11.5 | 0.990 | 0.990 |
| SC | Spartanburg County | 3,263 | 3.9 | 1.039 | 0.929 | 2.4 | 0.984 | 0.861 | 15.4 | 1.332 | 1.231 |
| SC | Spartanburg | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| SC | Residual - Spartanburg County | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| TN | Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA | 5,833 | 2.6 | 0.717 | 0.652 | 3.1 | 1.279 | 1.147 | 15.4 | 1.336 | 1.256 |
| TN | Hamilton County | 3,799 | 3.1 | 0.817 | 0.705 | 3.4 | 1.370 | 1.248 | 15.7 | 1.356 | 1.267 |
| TN | Chattanooga | 2,308 | 4.2 | 1.115 | 0.860 | 3.3 | 1.356 | 1.073 | 17.0 | 1.469 | 1.269 |
| TN | Residual - Hamilton County | 1,491 | 1.4 | 0.356 | 0.464 | 3.4 | 1.390 | 1.519 | 13.7 | 1.181 | 1.265 |
| TN | Marion County | 336 | 3.6 | 0.954 | 0.903 | 3.3 | 1.331 | 1.240 | 14.3 | 1.232 | 1.236 |
| GA | Catoosa County | 657 | 1.4 | 0.372 | 0.457 | 1.8 | 0.744 | 0.795 | 13.9 | 1.196 | 1.280 |
| GA | Dade County | 197 | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | 4.6 | 1.857 | 1.813 | 15.2 | 1.313 | 1.362 |
| GA | Walker County | 844 | 1.4 | 0.356 | 0.346 | 2.6 | 1.061 | 1.005 | 15.9 | 1.370 | 1.389 |
| TN | Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA | 5,358 | 2.4 | 0.646 | 0.604 | 2.6 | 1.063 | 1.022 | 11.6 | 1.003 | 1.005 |
| TN | Carter County | 581 | 1.4 | 0.364 | 0.313 | 3.8 | 1.542 | 1.374 | 15.5 | 1.338 | 1.336 |
| TN | Hawkins County | 646 | 3.0 | 0.789 | 0.739 | 1.9 | 0.755 | 0.705 | 10.7 | 0.921 | 0.936 |
| TN | Sullivan County | 1,659 | 3.2 | 0.838 | 0.878 | 2.8 | 1.127 | 1.112 | 12.0 | 1.034 | 1.071 |
| TN | Unicoi County | 171 | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | 8.2 | 0.706 | 0.713 |
| TN | Washington County | 1,337 | 1.5 | 0.395 | 0.396 | 2.7 | 1.095 | 1.055 | 10.8 | 0.935 | 0.954 |
| TN | Johnson City | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| TN | Residual - Washington County | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| VA | Scott County | 244 | 5.4 | 1.414 | 1.088 | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | 9.0 | 0.777 | 0.758 |
| VA | Washington County | 537 | 1.5 | 0.392 | 0.420 | 1.9 | 0.758 | 0.758 | 11.8 | 1.013 | 1.057 |
| VA | Bristol (independent city) | 183 | 3.3 | 0.868 | 0.673 | 3.3 | 1.333 | 1.109 | 10.4 | 0.895 | 0.854 |
| TN | Knoxville, TN MSA | 8,333 | 2.3 | 0.640 | 0.634 | 2.7 | 1.087 | 1.063 | 12.8 | 1.109 | 1.112 |
| TN | Anderson County | 785 | 2.2 | 0.570 | 0.592 | 2.4 | 0.984 | 0.962 | 13.0 | 1.120 | 1.150 |
| TN | Blount County | 1,197 | 2.4 | 0.619 | 0.683 | 3.1 | 1.258 | 1.270 | 11.8 | 1.016 | 1.058 |
| TN | Knox County | 4,740 | 2.6 | 0.691 | 0.614 | 2.3 | 0.952 | 0.871 | 12.8 | 1.104 | 1.090 |
| TN | Knoxville | 2,861 | 3.7 | 0.970 | 0.780 | 2.7 | 1.108 | 0.924 | 12.8 | 1.106 | 1.025 |
| TN | Residual - Knox County | 1,879 | 1.0 | 0.267 | 0.362 | 1.8 | 0.714 | 0.792 | 12.8 | 1.102 | 1.188 |
| TN | Loudon County | 493 | 2.0 | 0.535 | 0.575 | 1.4 | 0.580 | 0.585 | 15.3 | 1.317 | 1.379 |
| TN | Sevier County | 884 | 1.5 | 0.387 | 0.456 | 4.3 | 1.751 | 1.841 | 10.9 | 0.938 | 1.001 |
| TN | Union County | 234 | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | 3.8 | 1.563 | 1.460 | 20.1 | 1.732 | 1.768 |
| TN | Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA | 18,374 | 5.7 | 1.565 | 1.115 | 3.1 | 1.278 | 0.886 | 16.0 | 1.387 | 1.065 |
| TN | Fayette County | 426 | 2.6 | 0.686 | 0.516 | 3.8 | 1.538 | 1.185 | 14.2 | 1.220 | 1.022 |
| TN | Shelby County | 14,749 | 6.2 | 1.637 | 0.959 | 3.2 | 1.295 | 0.871 | 16.7 | 1.442 | 1.078 |
| TN | Memphis | 11,399 | 7.8 | 2.041 | 1.146 | 3.6 | 1.466 | 0.913 | 18.5 | 1.592 | 1.128 |
| TN | Residual - Shelby County | 3,350 | 1.0 | 0.261 | 0.326 | 1.8 | 0.716 | 0.732 | 10.8 | 0.932 | 0.910 |
| TN | Tipton County | 695 | 5.7 | 1.489 | 1.205 | 3.2 | 1.294 | 1.064 | 13.3 | 1.146 | 1.023 |
| AR | Crittenden County | 872 | 6.2 | 1.637 | 1.005 | 3.9 | 1.590 | 1.067 | 15.7 | 1.349 | 1.026 |
| TN | Nashville, TN MSA | 17,937 | 2.3 | 0.639 | 0.649 | 2.6 | 1.051 | 1.003 | 13.7 | 1.187 | 1.149 |
| TN | Cheatham County | 526 | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | 2.3 | 0.929 | 1.023 | 13.1 | 1.133 | 1.221 |
| TN | Davidson County | 8,524 | 2.8 | 0.737 | 0.682 | 2.6 | 1.063 | 0.939 | 14.7 | 1.271 | 1.161 |
| TN | Nashville | 8,348 | 2.8 | 0.743 | 0.683 | 2.7 | 1.081 | 0.953 | 14.8 | 1.280 | 1.165 |
| TN | Residual - Davidson County | 176 | 1.7 | 0.449 | 0.652 | 0.6 | 0.231 | 0.261 | 10.2 | 0.882 | 0.940 |
| TN | Dickson County | 623 | 2.3 | 0.601 | 0.627 | 2.6 | 1.056 | 1.034 | 13.5 | 1.162 | 1.185 |
| TN | Robertson County | 784 | 2.4 | 0.643 | 0.680 | 2.3 | 0.933 | 0.916 | 10.3 | 0.891 | 0.888 |
| TN | Rutherford County | 2,714 | 2.8 | 0.731 | 0.864 | 2.8 | 1.153 | 1.190 | 14.3 | 1.234 | 1.266 |
| TN | Sumner County | 1,831 | 1.2 | 0.318 | 0.400 | 2.3 | 0.932 | 0.999 | 12.5 | 1.079 | 1.134 |
| TN | Williamson County | 1,695 | 1.1 | 0.297 | 0.477 | 1.9 | 0.771 | 0.920 | 11.7 | 1.011 | 1.107 |
| TN | Wilson County | 1,240 | 2.3 | 0.600 | 0.755 | 3.2 | 1.313 | 1.401 | 12.5 | 1.079 | 1.128 |
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