(HSWWBRDS)
DISTRICT: VIII
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VIII , 1997
*** 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 4,172 2,549 1,623 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,136 1,318 818 51.2 51.7 50.4
FEMALES 2,036 1,231 805 48.8 48.3 49.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 812 409 403 19.5 16.0 24.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 544 271 273 13.0 10.6 16.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 383 178 205 9.2 7.0 12.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,646 453 1,193 39.4 17.8 73.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 576 186 390 13.8 7.3 24.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 26 5 21 0.6 0.2 1.3
15-19 786 404 382 18.8 15.8 23.5
20-24 1,424 810 614 34.1 31.8 37.8
25-29 1,045 730 315 25.0 28.6 19.4
30-34 580 397 183 13.9 15.6 11.3
35-39 255 168 87 6.1 6.6 5.4
40-44 55 35 20 1.3 1.4 1.2
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 26 5 21 0.6 0.2 1.3
15-19 550 181 369 13.2 7.1 22.7
20-24 670 168 502 16.0 6.6 30.9
25-29 233 57 176 5.6 2.2 10.8
30-34 102 27 75 2.4 1.0 4.6
35-39 52 11 41 1.2 0.4 2.5
40-44 13 4 9 0.3 0.2 0.6
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 24 16 8 0.6 0.6 0.5
7-9 YEARS 342 216 126 8.2 8.5 7.8
10, 11 YEARS 628 291 337 15.0 11.4 20.8
12 YEARS 1,452 802 650 34.8 31.5 40.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,052 683 369 25.2 26.8 22.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 672 540 132 16.1 21.2 8.1
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 # # 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 41 5 36 1.0 0.2 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,539 2,334 1,205 84.8 91.6 74.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 481 182 299 11.5 7.1 18.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 84 20 64 2.0 0.8 3.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 27 8 19 0.6 0.3 1.2
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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.
