Definition

The number and percent of all births where the principal source of payment was Medicaid separated by mother's race or ethnicity and by mother's age group.

Data Source

Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Health Statistics and Research. Pennsylvania Vital Statistics annual report series. The Pennsylvania Department of Health specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions.

Notes

Includes only those mothers whose race or ethnicity and age group are known.  The sum of the age groups will not total  'All Ages'.

Hispanic origin can be of any race. If only one race was chosen, the mother is designated as that race "only", but may still be designated as also Hispanic.

Percentages represent the proportion of births by mother's age within each race/ethnicity group that are Medicaid except for the All Ages category which represents the proportion of that race/ethnicity that are Medicaid.

ND = DATA NOT DISPLAYED. Statistics (rates, ratios, percents) are not calculated and displayed for counts less than 10 (or less than 3 for Bayesian/Nearest Neighbor rates). This is due to the unreliability of statistics based on small numbers of events.

Last Updated

2025-04