SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT I, 1996
*** 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 3,894 2,056 1,838 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,997 1,070 927 51.3 52.0 50.4
FEMALES 1,897 986 911 48.7 48.0 49.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 910 280 630 23.4 13.6 34.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 590 215 375 15.2 10.4 20.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 389 167 222 10.0 8.1 12.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,839 385 1,454 47.2 18.7 79.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 765 151 614 19.6 7.3 33.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 31 2 29 0.8 0.1 1.6
15-19 879 278 601 22.6 13.5 32.7
20-24 1,231 587 644 31.6 28.6 35.0
25-29 950 642 308 24.4 31.2 16.8
30-34 569 389 180 14.6 18.9 9.8
35-39 200 139 61 5.1 6.8 3.3
40-44 31 19 12 0.8 0.9 0.6
45 AND OVER 2 0 2 # 0.0 0.1
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 #
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 31 2 29 0.8 0.1 1.6
15-19 734 149 585 18.8 7.2 31.8
20-24 658 130 528 16.9 6.3 28.7
25-29 254 63 191 6.5 3.1 10.4
30-34 118 30 88 3.0 1.4 4.8
35-39 34 9 25 0.9 0.4 1.4
40-44 7 2 5 0.2 0.1 0.3
45 AND OVER 2 0 2 # 0.0 0.1
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 #
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 30 15 15 0.8 0.7 0.8
7-9 YEARS 388 154 234 10.0 7.5 12.7
10, 11 YEARS 724 253 471 18.6 12.3 25.6
12 YEARS 1,355 661 694 34.8 32.2 37.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 894 564 330 23.0 27.4 18.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 473 393 80 12.1 19.1 4.4
UNKNOWN 30 16 14 0.8 0.8 0.8
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 42 11 31 1.1 0.5 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,118 1,867 1,251 80.1 90.8 68.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 616 148 468 15.8 7.2 25.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 79 21 58 2.0 1.0 3.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 39 9 30 1.0 0.4 1.6
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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.
