SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHOCTAW 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 125 74 51 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 55 32 23 44.0 43.2 45.1
FEMALES 70 42 28 56.0 56.8 54.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 28 15 13 22.4 20.3 25.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 12 4 8 9.6 5.4 15.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 11 8 3 8.8 10.8 5.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 11 37 38.4 14.9 72.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 16 4 12 12.8 5.4 23.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 1.6 0.0 3.9
15-19 26 15 11 20.8 20.3 21.6
20-24 49 30 19 39.2 40.5 37.2
25-29 21 10 11 16.8 13.5 21.6
30-34 21 15 6 16.8 20.3 11.8
35-39 5 3 2 4.0 4.0 3.9
40-44 1 1 0 0.8 1.4 0.0
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 0 2 1.6 0.0 3.9
15-19 14 4 10 11.2 5.4 19.6
20-24 20 4 16 16.0 5.4 31.4
25-29 5 1 4 4.0 1.4 7.8
30-34 4 1 3 3.2 1.4 5.9
35-39 2 0 2 1.6 0.0 3.9
40-44 1 1 0 0.8 1.4 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 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 2.0
7-9 YEARS 6 1 5 4.8 1.4 9.8
10, 11 YEARS 21 14 7 16.8 18.9 13.7
12 YEARS 51 27 24 40.8 36.5 47.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 33 21 12 26.4 28.4 23.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 11 2 10.4 14.9 3.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 99 62 37 79.2 83.8 72.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 21 11 10 16.8 14.9 19.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 1 4 4.0 1.4 7.8
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.
