SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT II , 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 4,378 3,055 1,323 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,223 1,577 646 50.8 51.6 48.8
FEMALES 2,155 1,478 677 49.2 48.4 51.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 934 529 405 21.3 17.3 30.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 643 371 272 14.7 12.1 20.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 402 240 162 9.2 7.8 12.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,478 563 915 33.8 18.4 69.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 611 226 385 14.0 7.4 29.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 21 6 15 0.5 0.2 1.1
15-19 913 523 390 20.8 17.1 29.5
20-24 1,468 1,029 439 33.5 33.7 33.2
25-29 1,068 825 243 24.4 27.0 18.4
30-34 649 488 161 14.8 16.0 12.2
35-39 207 150 57 4.7 4.9 4.3
40-44 49 33 16 1.1 1.1 1.2
45 AND OVER 2 0 2 # 0.0 0.2
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 # # 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 21 6 15 0.5 0.2 1.1
15-19 590 220 370 13.5 7.2 28.0
20-24 525 198 327 12.0 6.5 24.7
25-29 208 94 114 4.8 3.1 8.6
30-34 98 33 65 2.2 1.1 4.9
35-39 31 12 19 0.7 0.4 1.4
40-44 5 0 5 0.1 0.0 0.4
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 33 24 9 0.8 0.8 0.7
7-9 YEARS 475 328 147 10.8 10.7 11.1
10, 11 YEARS 737 450 287 16.8 14.7 21.7
12 YEARS 1,494 999 495 34.1 32.7 37.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,023 753 270 23.4 24.6 20.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 612 498 114 14.0 16.3 8.6
UNKNOWN 4 3 1 0.1 0.1 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 47 18 29 1.1 0.6 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,567 2,675 892 81.5 87.6 67.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 664 330 334 15.2 10.8 25.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 83 27 56 1.9 0.9 4.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 17 5 12 0.4 0.2 0.9
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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.
