Number & Percent of Live Births for Selected Risk Factors and by Year,
St. Joseph County, Michigan 1989-2022

Year	Live Births	Risk Factors
		Tobacco Use		Unmarried Women		Education Less than 12 years		Fertility Treatment		Previous Preterm Birth		Gestational Diabetes		Hypertension
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
1989	912	206	22.6	146	16.0	208	22.8	---	---	---	---	---	---	43	4.7
1990	931	198	21.3	200	21.5	273	29.3	---	---	---	---	---	---	54	5.8
1991	867	227	26.2	236	27.2	232	26.8	---	---	---	---	---	---	31	3.6
1992	811	163	20.1	201	24.8	207	25.5	---	---	---	---	---	---	40	4.9
1993	865	161	18.6	270	31.2	232	26.8	---	---	---	---	---	---	37	4.3
1994	860	202	23.5	273	31.7	224	26.0	---	---	---	---	---	---	40	4.7
1995	779	194	24.9	281	36.1	219	28.1	---	---	---	---	---	---	49	6.3
1996	864	214	24.8	272	31.5	206	23.8	---	---	---	---	---	---	38	4.4
1997	845	202	23.9	277	32.8	228	27.0	---	---	---	---	---	---	50	5.9
1998	869	218	25.1	268	30.8	213	24.5	---	---	---	---	---	---	66	7.6
1999	886	209	23.6	334	37.7	241	27.2	---	---	---	---	---	---	43	4.9
2000	1,061	250	23.6	359	33.8	312	29.4	---	---	---	---	---	---	52	4.9
2001	943	218	23.1	332	35.2	291	30.9	---	---	---	---	---	---	54	5.7
2002	889	223	25.1	323	36.3	268	30.1	---	---	---	---	---	---	64	7.2
2003	946	219	23.2	360	38.1	262	27.7	---	---	---	---	---	---	45	4.8
2004	937	215	22.9	366	39.1	297	31.7	---	---	---	---	---	---	47	5.0
2005	986	201	20.4	377	38.2	324	32.9	---	---	---	---	---	---	66	6.7
2006	931	212	22.8	387	41.6	276	29.6	---	---	---	---	---	---	47	5.0
2007	975	188	19.3	406	41.6	326	33.4	---	---	---	---	---	---	37	3.8
2008	904	233	25.8	401	44.4	266	29.4	6	0.7	20	2.2	37	4.1	37	4.1
2009	805	176	21.9	298	37.0	238	29.6	1	*	29	3.6	50	6.2	43	5.3
2010	834	207	24.8	328	39.3	228	27.3	11	1.3	18	2.2	52	6.2	39	4.7
2011	884	205	23.2	370	41.9	212	24.0	2	*	14	1.6	106	12.0	42	4.8
2012	728	201	27.6	345	47.4	185	25.4	5	0.7	27	3.7	66	9.1	47	6.5
2013	855	229	26.8	404	47.3	218	25.5	7	0.8	24	2.8	59	6.9	50	5.8
2014	825	228	27.6	399	48.4	185	22.4	5	0.6	24	2.9	48	5.8	34	4.1
2015	790	204	25.8	362	45.8	214	27.1	3	*	24	3.0	41	5.2	45	5.7
2016	761	190	25.0	349	45.9	168	22.1	1	*	23	3.0	42	5.5	47	6.2
2017	747	167	22.4	327	43.8	175	23.4	1	*	24	3.2	49	6.6	66	8.8
2018	777	195	25.1	339	43.6	195	25.1	-	-	25	3.2	51	6.6	52	6.7
2019	725	188	25.9	317	43.7	180	24.8	1	*	23	3.2	55	7.6	83	11.4
2020	712	161	22.6	319	44.8	159	22.3	-	-	33	4.6	73	10.3	79	11.1
2021	648	105	16.2	285	44.0	154	23.8	-	-	30	4.6	77	11.9	65	10.0
2022	642	87	13.6	287	44.7	137	21.3	1	*	34	5.3	74	11.5	70	10.9

Notes:

--- Triple dashes indicates that the data is not available. Certain birth variables, such as those related to weight gain, BMI, WIC, breastfeeding, infections, tobacco use, chronic conditions and other variables, were not collected before 2008.


-A dash indicates quantity zero.

Tobacco Use

The mother used tobacco during pregnancy.

Education Less than 12 years

The mother was not a high school graduate, at the time she gave birth.

Gestational Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed during the current pregnancy.

Hypertension

Chronic hypertension or gestational hypertension

Source: 1989 Michigan Birth Certificate Registry;1990-2022 Geocoded Michigan Birth Certificate Registries.
Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services