Jay's World of Abstracts 00024
The Right Start New Mexico Profile
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[Standard disclaimer: The nature of abstracts are that they are pieces of something larger. Not everyone is going to be happy with my choice of abstracts from any larger work, so if you are dissatisfied, I would refer you to the original document, which should 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
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| 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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