SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 372 52 320 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 165 28 137 44.4 53.8 42.8
FEMALES 207 24 183 55.6 46.2 57.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 122 6 116 32.8 11.5 36.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 67 4 63 18.0 7.7 19.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 36 0 36 9.7 0.0 11.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 272 4 268 73.1 7.7 83.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 116 2 114 31.2 3.8 35.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 1.9 0.0 2.2
15-19 115 6 109 30.9 11.5 34.1
20-24 113 14 99 30.4 26.9 30.9
25-29 67 15 52 18.0 28.8 16.2
30-34 48 11 37 12.9 21.2 11.6
35-39 18 6 12 4.8 11.5 3.8
40-44 4 0 4 1.1 0.0 1.2
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 7 0 7 1.9 0.0 2.2
15-19 109 2 107 29.3 3.8 33.4
20-24 86 1 85 23.1 1.9 26.6
25-29 37 0 37 9.9 0.0 11.6
30-34 21 1 20 5.6 1.9 6.2
35-39 9 0 9 2.4 0.0 2.8
40-44 3 0 3 0.8 0.0 0.9
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 3 0 3 0.8 0.0 0.9
7-9 YEARS 41 3 38 11.0 5.8 11.9
10, 11 YEARS 88 3 85 23.6 5.8 26.6
12 YEARS 135 12 123 36.3 23.1 38.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 76 22 54 20.4 42.3 16.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 29 12 17 7.8 23.1 5.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 0 8 2.2 0.0 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 236 42 194 63.4 80.8 60.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 103 9 94 27.7 17.3 29.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 17 1 16 4.6 1.9 5.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 8 0 8 2.2 0.0 2.5
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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.
