SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VII, 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 2,389 1,037 1,352 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,230 549 681 51.5 52.9 50.4
FEMALES 1,159 488 671 48.5 47.0 49.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 513 132 381 21.5 12.7 28.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 331 109 222 13.8 10.5 16.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 228 66 162 9.5 6.4 12.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,158 158 1,000 48.5 15.2 74.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 414 51 363 17.3 4.9 26.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 15 1 14 0.6 0.1 1.0
15-19 498 131 367 20.8 12.6 27.1
20-24 805 349 456 33.7 33.6 33.7
25-29 569 301 268 23.8 29.0 19.8
30-34 336 179 157 14.1 17.3 11.6
35-39 140 60 80 5.9 5.8 5.9
40-44 24 15 9 1.0 1.4 0.7
45 AND OVER 2 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 15 1 14 0.6 0.1 1.0
15-19 399 50 349 16.7 4.8 25.8
20-24 425 63 362 17.8 6.1 26.8
25-29 178 24 154 7.4 2.3 11.4
30-34 97 16 81 4.1 1.5 6.0
35-39 35 1 34 1.5 0.1 2.5
40-44 9 3 6 0.4 0.3 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 20 10 10 0.8 1.0 0.7
7-9 YEARS 181 66 115 7.6 6.4 8.5
10, 11 YEARS 387 98 289 16.2 9.4 21.4
12 YEARS 914 348 566 38.2 33.6 41.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 602 321 281 25.2 31.0 20.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 283 194 89 11.8 18.7 6.6
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 0.1 0.0 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 23 2 21 1.0 0.2 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,811 906 905 75.8 87.4 66.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 458 111 347 19.2 10.7 25.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 92 17 75 3.8 1.6 5.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 1 4 0.2 0.1 0.3
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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.
