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Table 5 Distribution of commercially-insured women by quartile of area-level deprivation and census division, United States, 2011

From: Area-level deprivation and preterm birth: results from a national, commercially-insured population

Census divisiona

Area-level deprivation (quartiles) N (%)

Total N 138,487

1 (least deprived)

2

3

4 (most deprived)

New England

1826 (40.0)

1018 (22.3)

809 (17.7)

910 (19.9)

4563

Middle Atlantic

5982 (32.2)

4211 (22.7)

2187 (11.8)

6185 (33.3)

18,565

East North Central

6918 (30.7)

5850 (26.0)

5445 (24.2)

4311 (19.1)

22,524

West North Central

3980 (38.7)

2804 (27.2)

2233 (21.7)

1274 (12.4)

10,291

South Atlantic

5052 (16.5)

7847 (25.7)

8872 (29.1)

8756 (28.7)

30,527

East South Central

1274 (16.7)

1590 (20.9)

2714 (35.6)

2037 (26.7)

7615

West South Central

5152 (23.4)

4680 (21.3)

6159 (28.0)

5994 (27.3)

21,985

Mountain

3016 (27.0)

3084 (27.6)

2907 (26.0)

2182 (19.5)

11,189

Pacific

1401 (12.5)

3316 (29.5)

3429 (30.5)

3082 (27.4)

11,228

  1. a The United States census divisions are composed of the following states: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont); Middle Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania); East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin); West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota); South Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia); East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee); West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas); Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah); and Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington)