SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 295 155 140 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 154 84 70 52.2 54.2 50.0
FEMALES 141 71 70 47.8 45.8 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 76 21 55 25.8 13.5 39.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 50 16 34 16.9 10.3 24.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 35 11 24 11.9 7.1 17.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 132 21 111 44.7 13.5 79.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 59 7 52 20.0 4.5 37.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.7
15-19 75 21 54 25.4 13.5 38.6
20-24 99 50 49 33.6 32.2 35.0
25-29 70 51 19 23.7 32.9 13.6
30-34 41 28 13 13.9 18.1 9.3
35-39 6 5 1 2.0 3.2 0.7
40-44 3 0 3 1.0 0.0 2.1
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 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.7
15-19 58 7 51 19.7 4.5 36.4
20-24 48 9 39 16.3 5.8 27.8
25-29 16 3 13 5.4 1.9 9.3
30-34 6 2 4 2.0 1.3 2.8
35-39 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.7
40-44 2 0 2 0.7 0.0 1.4
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 18 8 10 6.1 5.2 7.1
10, 11 YEARS 58 21 37 19.7 13.5 26.4
12 YEARS 121 53 68 41.0 34.2 48.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 74 53 21 25.1 34.2 15.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 24 20 4 8.1 12.9 2.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 236 145 91 80.0 93.5 65.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 46 10 36 15.6 6.4 25.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 0 10 3.4 0.0 7.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.7 0.0 1.4
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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.
