SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 1,044 568 476 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 521 286 235 49.9 50.4 49.4
FEMALES 523 282 241 50.1 49.6 50.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 230 89 141 22.0 15.7 29.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 171 69 102 16.4 12.1 21.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 115 50 65 11.0 8.8 13.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 458 119 339 43.9 21.0 71.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 183 45 138 17.5 7.9 29.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 2 4 0.6 0.4 0.8
15-19 224 87 137 21.4 15.3 28.8
20-24 338 173 165 32.4 30.4 34.7
25-29 252 166 86 24.1 29.2 18.1
30-34 164 101 63 15.7 17.8 13.2
35-39 53 33 20 5.1 5.8 4.2
40-44 6 5 1 0.6 0.9 0.2
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.1 0.2 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 6 2 4 0.6 0.4 0.8
15-19 177 43 134 17.0 7.6 28.2
20-24 165 36 129 15.8 6.3 27.1
25-29 66 25 41 6.3 4.4 8.6
30-34 33 9 24 3.2 1.6 5.0
35-39 11 4 7 1.0 0.7 1.5
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 4 2 2 0.4 0.4 0.4
7-9 YEARS 95 47 48 9.1 8.3 10.1
10, 11 YEARS 153 68 85 14.6 12.0 17.8
12 YEARS 317 159 158 30.4 28.0 33.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 274 133 141 26.2 23.4 29.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 201 159 42 19.2 28.0 8.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 20 4 16 1.9 0.7 3.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 874 522 352 83.7 91.9 74.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 118 34 84 11.3 6.0 17.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 28 7 21 2.7 1.2 4.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 1 3 0.4 0.2 0.6
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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.
