Regional Economics & Community Analysis Program

Prenatal and infant health

Table ID: HWF-4
Unit of measure: Rates per 1,000
Vintage: 2004-2005

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County IDArea NameRate of live birthsRate of low birth weight birthsMothers who received first trimester pre-natal careMothers who smoked during pregnancy
19000Iowa13.171881.7162.1
19001Adair County9.368.5917.8219.2
19003Adams County9.40900137.5
19005Allamakee County13.977.9771.3165.5
19007Appanoose County12.1112.5875.4273.6
19009Audubon County9.384907.6184.9
19011Benton County11.342.9942.2133.7
19013Black Hawk County13.588918.2174.8
19015Boone County11.346.9906.2180.9
19017Bremer County10.755.4930.7110.9
19019Buchanan County1464.6823.1139.5
19021Buena Vista County13.971.4814.3107.1
19023Butler County11.697.1897.1157.1
19025Calhoun County10.269.8907195.3
19027Carroll County12.647.3954.6138
19029Cass County11.387.2872.3230.5
19031Cedar County10.985.2932.3125.3
19033Cerro Gordo County10.976.2733.3162.7
19035Cherokee County9.239.8942.5256.6
19037Chickasaw County12.474.2854.8145.2
19039Clarke County13.982843.8195.3
19041Clay County12.146.5887.5220
19043Clayton County10.957.9823.7176.3
19045Clinton County12.392.5910266.8
19047Crawford County13.546.1822.4129.4
19049Dallas County14.374.4914.694.4
19051Davis County14.851694.1137.3
19053Decatur County11.898828.4205.9
19055Delaware County11.160.2862.2165.4
19057Des Moines County12.559.5842224.4
19059Dickinson County9.960.4861178.2
19061Dubuque County12.768.7899.5131.8
19063Emmet County13.683.6787.5170.7
19065Fayette County10.843.6925.9222.2
19067Floyd County12.684.3655.4183.1
19069Franklin County12.142.1720.3122.6
19071Fremont County10.673.2835.4268.3
19073Greene County9.662.2880.8222.8
19075Grundy County9.5106.4936.2123.4
19077Guthrie County10.264.4879.8176
19079Hamilton County11.9106.2901.6189.1
19081Hancock County11.544.1661.8106.6
19083Hardin County11.386877.1199
19085Harrison County9.989.5888.2249.2
19087Henry County12.367.9886.2237.5
19089Howard County12.888852112
19091Humboldt County13.145.5840.9268.9
19093Ida County10.999.4944.1211.2
19095Iowa County12.256.4933.3133.3
19097Jackson County9.769.1902.8191.8
19099Jasper County11.977.1926.3203.4
19101Jefferson County10.168.1817.3182.7
19103Johnson County12.961.3922.149.7
19105Jones County10.964.9903.8167.8
19107Keokuk County11.573.6903.1178.3
19109Kossuth County1170.2884.8182.6
19111Lee County10.864.4876.3281.6
19113Linn County1469.5915.7152.3
19115Louisa County12.395.6911.3136.5
19117Lucas County10.838.3746.4181.8
19119Lyon County13.460.7894.695.8
19121Madison County12.877.9935.1148.1
19123Mahaska County12.981.9912.9212.5
19125Marion County12.677.9916.1141.1
19127Marshall County15.871.8767.9154.7
19129Mills County12.678.9860.5197.4
19131Mitchell County11.862709.369.8
19133Monona County10.396944.4181.8
19135Monroe County10.138917.7177.2
19137Montgomery County11.859.9865.2295.9
19139Muscatine County13.858.8891.8165.2
19141O'Brien County12.353.5929.6157.7
19143Osceola County11.458.8862.7124.2
19145Page County10.365.7850.7223.9
19147Palo Alto County11.697.3867.3146
19149Plymouth County12.853.4926.2124
19151Pocahontas County10.155.6833.3222.2
19153Polk County16.272.9896.1136.6
19155Pottawattamie County13.779.2852.5255.3
19157Poweshiek County1055.6925.9232.8
19159Ringgold County12.873.5779.4227.9
19161Sac County11.378.2901.2156.4
19163Scott County14.472.8851188.5
19165Shelby County8.564.8916.7175.9
19167Sioux County14.649.8874.961.5
19169Story County11.557.4926.496.4
19171Tama County13.779.1813.4140
19173Taylor County11.161.2863.9210.9
19175Union County12.391.5884.7237.3
19177Van Buren County12123.7795.7193.5
19179Wapello County13.786.7803.1179.6
19181Warren County12.360.6928141.1
19183Washington County1359.5836106.3
19185Wayne County11.957.3821.7210.2
19187Webster County12.357864.2238.3
19189Winnebago County9.795742.1194.6
19191Winneshiek County9.350.5863.6111.1
19193Woodbury County15.680.6913.8187.1
19195Worth County1083.9780.6174.2
19197Wright County12.976.9792216.5

Release Date: July 2007
Source: The University of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Public Health. 2007 Iowa Health Fact Book. Iowa City, IA: The University of Iowa College of Public Health. July 2007.
Notes:

  • The rate of live births measures the number of births per 1,000 population.
  • The rate of low birth-weight births measures the number of infants weighing less then 2500 grams per 1,000 births.
  • The rate of mothers receiving prenatal care is measured per 1,000 births.
  • The rate of mothers who smoked during pregnancy is measured per 1,000 births.