SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 498 447 51 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 260 226 34 52.2 50.6 66.7
FEMALES 238 221 17 47.8 49.4 33.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 94 82 12 18.9 18.3 23.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 59 51 8 11.8 11.4 15.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 39 30 9 7.8 6.7 17.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 191 159 32 38.4 35.6 62.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 66 55 11 13.2 12.3 21.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 94 82 12 18.9 18.3 23.5
20-24 163 144 19 32.7 32.2 37.2
25-29 129 119 10 25.9 26.6 19.6
30-34 71 68 3 14.2 15.2 5.9
35-39 36 31 5 7.2 6.9 9.8
40-44 5 3 2 1.0 0.7 3.9
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 66 55 11 13.2 12.3 21.6
20-24 70 54 16 14.0 12.1 31.4
25-29 31 28 3 6.2 6.3 5.9
30-34 12 11 1 2.4 2.5 2.0
35-39 11 10 1 2.2 2.2 2.0
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 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 4 0 0.8 0.9 0.0
7-9 YEARS 58 55 3 11.6 12.3 5.9
10, 11 YEARS 79 69 10 15.9 15.4 19.6
12 YEARS 161 141 20 32.3 31.5 39.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 124 111 13 24.9 24.8 25.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 71 66 5 14.2 14.8 9.8
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 3.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 381 340 41 76.5 76.1 80.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 94 88 6 18.9 19.7 11.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 20 18 2 4.0 4.0 3.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 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.
