Document Type
Fact Sheet
Publication Date
9-2010
Abstract
New Hampshire faces significant obstacles to serving the nearly 6% of the population living in medically underserved areas. In addition, many residents of New Hampshire are uninsured, limiting their access to vital medical care. According to 2007-8 data, the racial/ethnic breakdown of New Hampshire residents is: 1% African American/black, 2% Hispanic, 94% non-Hispanic white and 3% Other. In 2005, 5.9% of the total New Hampshire population was foreign born.1 Since 1996, New Hampshire has seen increases in low birth weight births, cesarean births2, and infant mortality with racial/ethnic disparities reflected in most maternal and infant indicators.
Recommended Citation
Hiersteiner, Dorothy, "Women’s Health Disparities and Midwifery Care: Spotlight on New Hampshire" (2010). Publications from the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy. 48.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cwppp_pubs/48
Comments
Authored by Dorothy Hiersteiner, Research Assistant, Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, and MPP Candidate, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University.