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Table 1 Demographics of individuals in study population by preterm status (n (%))

From: The associations between environmental quality and preterm birth in the United States, 2000–2005: a cross-sectional analysis

Characteristic

Preterm

Term

Total

2,335,880 (10)

20,369,188 (90)

Maternal race

  

 White, non-Hispanic

1,139,435 (49)

11,719,095 (58)

 Black, non-Hispanic

524,453 (22)

2,771,770 (14)

 Hispanic

524,477 (22)

4,462,084 (22)

 Other

128,440 (5)

1,239,083 (6)

 Missing

19,075 (1)

177,156 (1)

Marital status

  

 Married

1,308,539 (56)

13,482,654 (66)

 Unmarried

1,027,341 (44)

6,886,534 (34)

Maternal age

  

  < 20

335,318 (14)

2,213,480 (11)

 20–29

1,186,750 (51)

10,700,735 (53)

 30–39

744,495 (32)

6,982,810 (34)

  > 39

69,317 (3)

472,163 (2)

Maternal education

  

  < HS

613,828 (26)

4,295,592 (21)

 HS

761,100 (33)

6,145,251 (30)

  > HS

923,370 (40)

9,665,601 (47)

 Missing

37,582 (2)

262,744 (1)

Rural–urban stratum

  

 Metropolitan urbanized

1,956,542 (84)

17,214,809 (85)

 Nonmetropolitan urbanized

156,155 (7)

1,320,384 (6)

 Less urbanized

179,568 (8)

1,469,263 (7)

 Thinly populated/rural

33,138 (1)

279,532 (1)