COUNTY: BENTON
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BENTON 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 117 52 65 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 52 25 27 44.4 48.1 41.5
FEMALES 65 27 38 55.6 51.9 58.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 33 12 21 28.2 23.1 32.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 26 7 19 22.2 13.5 29.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 10 6 4 8.5 11.5 6.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 57 12 45 48.7 23.1 69.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 22 5 17 18.8 9.6 26.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 33 12 21 28.2 23.1 32.3
20-24 36 19 17 30.8 36.5 26.2
25-29 24 9 15 20.5 17.3 23.1
30-34 17 10 7 14.5 19.2 10.8
35-39 4 0 4 3.4 0.0 6.2
40-44 2 2 0 1.7 3.8 0.0
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 22 5 17 18.8 9.6 26.2
20-24 17 5 12 14.5 9.6 18.5
25-29 11 2 9 9.4 3.8 13.8
30-34 4 0 4 3.4 0.0 6.2
35-39 3 0 3 2.6 0.0 4.6
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 14 6 8 12.0 11.5 12.3
10, 11 YEARS 28 7 21 23.9 13.5 32.3
12 YEARS 48 19 29 41.0 36.5 44.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 22 15 7 18.8 28.8 10.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 5 5 0 4.3 9.6 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 82 43 39 70.1 82.7 60.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 26 4 22 22.2 7.7 33.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 4 2 5.1 7.7 3.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 1.7 1.9 1.5
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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.