Maternal-Infant Characteristics
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| Maternal Characteristics |
Berrien |
Michigan |
| % Under 20 years |
12.9 |
9.4 |
| % First births |
35.9 |
38.5 |
| % Fourth and higher order births |
13.2 |
12 |
| % Less than 12 years of education |
23.5 |
16.9 |
| % Cesarean delivery rate |
21.6 |
28.6 |
| % Weight gained while pregnant less than 16 lbs |
10.8 |
12.5 |
| % Smoked while pregnant |
14.8 |
13.7 |
| % Unmarried |
42 |
36.7 |
| % Received prenatal care during first trimester |
68.2 |
83.3 |
| Infant Characteristics |
Berrien |
Michigan |
| % Low birthweight |
7.2 |
8.4 |
| % Very low birthweight |
1.3 |
1.7 |
| % Preterm |
9.5 |
10 |
| % Singleton births |
97.7 |
96.4 |
| Male/female ratio |
108.8 |
105.3 |
 Notes:
- Low weight births are less than 2,500 grams.
- Very low weight births are less than 1,500 grams.
- Preterm births are infants born prior to 37 completed weeks of gestation.
- Singleton birth is a single birth delivery.
- Infant Characteristics are the percent of newborns who gave birth.
- Male/female ratio is the number of male resident live births divided by
From 1994-2005, the average percent of live births that were low birth weight was 8.6% as compared to 8.0% for Michigan. However, in recent years, the percent of live births that were low birth weight has been increasing in Michigan (8.5% of live births were low birth weight compared to 8.4% of live births in Berrien County in 2005). In 2005, blacks (8.3%) were more likely than whites (6.9%) to give birth to a low birth weight baby. Benton Harbor City had the highest proportion of live births that were low birth weight (10.4%) within Berrien County in 2005.
Source: Michigan Resident Birth Files, MDCH
Last updated July 10, 2007.
For more information, please contact
the Epidemiologist at 269-927-5639.
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