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COUNTY: ITAWAMBA

 
 
        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ITAWAMBA COUNTY, 1995
 
        *** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
 
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                                          NUMBER                PERCENT
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                                                   NON-                  NON-
        STATISTIC                   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE
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        TOTAL BIRTHS                  273    243     30   100.0  100.0  100.0
 
        MALES                         132    123      9    48.4   50.6   30.0
        FEMALES                       141    120     21    51.6   49.4   70.0
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS                58     48     10    21.2   19.8   33.3
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              27     25      2     9.9   10.3    6.7
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              19     18      1     7.0    7.4    3.3
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS            54     37     17    19.8   15.2   56.7
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       23     15      8     8.4    6.2   26.7
 
        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     1      0      1     0.4    0.0    3.3
           15-19                       57     48      9    20.9   19.8   30.0
           20-24                      104     93     11    38.1   38.3   36.7
           25-29                       64     58      6    23.4   23.9   20.0
           30-34                       34     32      2    12.4   13.2    6.7
           35-39                       12     11      1     4.4    4.5    3.3
           40-44                        1      1      0     0.4    0.4    0.0
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
 
        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     1      0      1     0.4    0.0    3.3
           15-19                       22     15      7     8.0    6.2   23.3
           20-24                       18     11      7     6.6    4.5   23.3
           25-29                        8      7      1     2.9    2.9    3.3
           30-34                        3      2      1     1.1    0.8    3.3
           35-39                        2      2      0     0.7    0.8    0.0
           40-44                        0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
 
        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
           1-6 YEARS                    3      3      0     1.1    1.2    0.0
           7-9 YEARS                   22     21      1     8.0    8.6    3.3
           10, 11 YEARS                55     49      6    20.1   20.2   20.0
           12 YEARS                    94     81     13    34.4   33.3   43.3
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           75     67      8    27.5   27.6   26.7
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     24     22      2     8.8    9.0    6.7
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
 
        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                      1      1      0     0.4    0.4    0.0
           FIRST TRIMESTER            231    214     17    84.6   88.1   56.7
           SECOND TRIMESTER            38     28     10    13.9   11.5   33.3
           THIRD TRIMESTER              3      0      3     1.1    0.0   10.0
           UNKNOWN MONTH                0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
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         * PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
 
        ** IMMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.
 
         # LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.

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