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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.

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