Table 1 Descriptive statistics of singleton births among mothers ≥20 years old by Hispanic subgroup and nativity: New York City, 1995-2003

Population (nativity %)

82,427

(31.8)

177,169

(68.2)

1,073

(2.7)

38,416

(97.3)

55,751

(75.5)

18,062

(24.5)

1,360

(60.0)

906

(40.0)

8,686

(13.0)

57,943

(87.0)

1,687

(8.6)

17,911

(91.4)

3,845

(9.8)

35,429

(90.2)

10,025

(54.1)

8,502

(45.9)

Preterm (%)

8.83

6.75

6.34

6.32

9.37

9.72

8.38

8.28

7.61

6.82

7.17

7.00

7.13

5.70

8.16

5.65

Low birthweight (%)

7.26

5.19

5.78

4.52

7.87

8.01

6.32

5.52

6.33

5.35

5.99

5.65

4.14

4.24

6.39

4.13

Term low birthweight⁴ (%)

2.93

2.09

2.99

1.93

3.26

3.26

2.33

2.05

2.39

2.08

2.30

2.37

1.54

1.68

2.30

1.68

Maternal age 35+ years (%)

10.95

16.75

14.26

7.34

12.42

18.74

22.06

42.60

4.18

17.11

6.94

18.31

7.62

23.74

8.74

17.45

Maternal Education

Mean Years (sd)

12.6

(2.2)

11.1

(3.3)

12.9

(2.9)

8.7

(3.4)

12.3

(2.1)

11.9

(2.4)

14.3

(2.2)

14.2

(2.5)

13.2

(2.1)

12.0

(2.7)

13.6

(2.1)

10.8

(3.4)

13.9

(2.1)

12.0

(3.2)

12.4

(2.0)

11.6

(2.8)

Adequate prenatal care (%)

54.49

50.76

55.36

48.03

53.83

50.80

65.59

65.23

57.68

51.69

58.15

51.89

59.90

51.39

51.89

50.12

Smoking during pregnancy (%)

6.32

1.40

2.06

0.18

7.66

7.18

3.54

2.65

2.62

1.23

2.26

0.61

1.67

0.59

5.35

0.84

Drinking during pregnancy (%)

0.30

0.11

0.28

0.03

0.35

0.35

0.37

0.33

0.17

0.13

0.18

0.11

0.08

0.08

0.22

0.07

Missing smoking/Drinking (%)

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.9

0.1