1B. NATALITY: MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS ANDNEWBORN?SHEALTH
Figure 1B-25
NewbornsWhoWereHospitalizedafter Birthbecause TheyWereAffected
byMaternal Use of Drugs duringPregnancy, Arizona, 2003-2013
Notes:
a
Rate is the number of newborns admitted to Intensive Care Units per 100 births in specified group.
Information about maternal drug use
during pregnancy is not reported on
Arizona birth certificates. However, it
can be obtained from the hospital
discharge database. There are
several diagnostic codes which
identify exposure of fetus or newborn
to specific noxious substances (such
as narcotics, hallucinogenic agents,
or cocaine) transmitted via placenta
or breast milk. Following the four
years of decline between 2005 and
2009 in the number of newborns
hospitalized after birth due to
maternal drug use during pregnancy,
the rate increased from 10.7/1,000
in 2009 to 16.3/1,000 in 2013,
representing a 52.3 percent increase.
Figure 1B-26
Total andPrimaryCesareanDeliveries
a
andVaginal Births after Previous
Cesarean (VBAC)
b
, Arizona, 2003-2013
Notes:
a
Primary cesarean rate per 100 births with no previous cesarean;
b
Vaginal birth after cesarean rate per 100 births after
previous cesarean.
In 2013, 27.8 percent of all
resident births were cesarean
deliveries (
Figure 1B-26
,
Table
1B-2
).
The primary cesarean rate in 2013
(16.7 per 100 live births to women
who had no previous cesarean)
remained relatively unchanged
from 2012 to 2013.
The rate of vaginal birth after
previous cesarean delivery (VBAC)
in 2013 was 45.8 percent greater
than the 2010 rate.
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Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
