SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE 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 157 76 81 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 79 41 38 50.3 53.9 46.9
FEMALES 78 35 43 49.7 46.0 53.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 31 11 20 19.7 14.5 24.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 16 5 11 10.2 6.6 13.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 10 1 9 6.4 1.3 11.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 71 12 59 45.2 15.8 72.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 7 20 17.2 9.2 24.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 1.3 1.3 1.2
15-19 29 10 19 18.5 13.2 23.4
20-24 52 20 32 33.1 26.3 39.5
25-29 36 21 15 22.9 27.6 18.5
30-34 21 16 5 13.4 21.0 6.2
35-39 15 8 7 9.6 10.5 8.6
40-44 2 0 2 1.3 0.0 2.5
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 2 1 1 1.3 1.3 1.2
15-19 25 6 19 15.9 7.9 23.4
20-24 29 1 28 18.5 1.3 34.6
25-29 9 3 6 5.7 3.9 7.4
30-34 3 1 2 1.9 1.3 2.5
35-39 2 0 2 1.3 0.0 2.5
40-44 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 1.2
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 1 1 0 0.6 1.3 0.0
7-9 YEARS 7 3 4 4.4 3.9 4.9
10, 11 YEARS 30 8 22 19.1 10.5 27.2
12 YEARS 53 21 32 33.8 27.6 39.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 44 25 19 28.0 32.9 23.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 21 18 3 13.4 23.7 3.7
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 1.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 106 60 46 67.5 78.9 56.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 38 13 25 24.2 17.1 30.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 3 9 7.6 3.9 11.1
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.
