KDHE

TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics has published the 2017 Natality Report by Racial and Ethnic Population Groups on its website.

The purpose of this report is to present statistics for 2017 for Kansas resident live births by maternal population group based on race/Hispanic origin.

Birth outcome indicators include maternal age, education level, marital status, adequacy of prenatal care, primary pay source, WIC service utilization, gestational age and weight of infant at birth. These indicators are examined among population groups by normal birth outcomes and by a summary measure of poor birth outcomes. 

A poor birth outcome is defined as one or more of the following indicators: Low birth weight (less than 2500 grams), prematurity (less than 37 weeks gestation), congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions of the newborn.