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Maternal and Child Health
Maternal and Child Health
Area Total Live Births
Low Birthweight Births
Low Birthweight Births
Low Birthweight Births NonHispanic White Low Birthweight Births NonHispanic Black
Low Birthweight Births Hispanic or Latino
New Castle County Delaware United States
Description Exhibit 37 provides portrays percentage of low-birth-weight births by race. Light grey shading indicates measures that are above U.S. averages. Observations
• New Castle County had a higher percentage of low-birth weight babies for all races/ethnicities compared to the U.S.
Exhibit 37: Percentage Low Birthweight Births, 2013-2019
Number of Births
Percentage of Births
44,945 4,065 9.0% 6.9% 13.7% 7.3% 151,924 13,500 8.9% 7.2% 13.3% 7.1%
54,416,819 4,440,508 8.2% 6.8% 13.5% 7.3%
Source: National Center for Health Statistics - Natality Files, 2021
Exhibit 38: Number of Births per 1,000 Female Population Age 15-19, 2013-2019
Area
Female Population Age 15-19 Teen Births, Rate per 1,000 Female Population Teen Births NonHispanic White Teen Births NonHispanic Black Teen Births Hispanic or Latino
New Castle County Delaware United States
144,319,360 20.9 13.6 30.3 32.1
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System, 2021
Description Exhibit 38 provides rates of babies born to teen mothers from 2013-2019 by race. Observations
• Rates for teen mothers giving birth were lower in New Castle County for all races/ethnicities compared to the U.S. • Rates for Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic or Latino teen mothers giving birth are more than three times that of Non-Hispanic White teen mothers in New Castle
County.
Exhibit 39: Infant Mortality Rates per 1,000 Live Births by Race, 2015-2019
Non-Hispanic Black
Non-Hispanic White
4.6 4.2 4.3 10.8
12.5 13.1
All Races 5.7
7.2
7.8
Description Exhibit 39 compares infant mortality rates in New Castle County and Delaware for 20152019. Data for the U.S. are for 2018.
Observations
• In New Castle County, infant mortality rates for all races/ethnicities combined were higher than Delaware and U.S. averages. • The infant mortality rate for Non-Hispanic Blacks also was higher in New Castle
County than in Delaware and the U.S. • Non-Hispanic Black infant mortality rates have been more than double those for
Non-Hispanic White populations.
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
United States Delaware New Castle County
Source: Delaware Vital Statistics Annual Report, Infant Mortality, 2019 and CDC.
