SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JACKSON 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 1,764 1,232 532 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 899 630 269 51.0 51.1 50.6
FEMALES 865 602 263 49.0 48.9 49.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 359 185 174 20.4 15.0 32.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 223 121 102 12.6 9.8 19.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 142 73 69 8.0 5.9 13.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 651 287 364 36.9 23.3 68.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 273 109 164 15.5 8.8 30.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 4 5 0.5 0.3 0.9
15-19 350 181 169 19.8 14.7 31.8
20-24 573 386 187 32.5 31.3 35.2
25-29 430 340 90 24.4 27.6 16.9
30-34 273 232 41 15.5 18.8 7.7
35-39 112 78 34 6.3 6.3 6.4
40-44 15 11 4 0.8 0.9 0.8
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.2
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 9 4 5 0.5 0.3 0.9
15-19 264 105 159 15.0 8.5 29.9
20-24 234 104 130 13.3 8.4 24.4
25-29 89 47 42 5.0 3.8 7.9
30-34 36 21 15 2.0 1.7 2.8
35-39 17 5 12 1.0 0.4 2.2
40-44 2 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.2
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 8 5 3 0.4 0.4 0.6
7-9 YEARS 137 86 51 7.8 7.0 9.6
10, 11 YEARS 279 182 97 15.8 14.8 18.2
12 YEARS 649 427 222 36.8 34.6 41.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 464 332 132 26.3 26.9 24.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 224 198 26 12.7 16.1 4.9
UNKNOWN 3 2 1 0.2 0.2 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 44 11 33 2.5 0.9 6.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,384 1,055 329 78.4 85.6 61.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 275 140 135 15.6 11.4 25.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 55 23 32 3.1 1.9 6.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 3 3 0.3 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.
