SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JONES 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 839 537 302 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 430 270 160 51.2 50.3 53.0
FEMALES 409 267 142 48.7 49.7 47.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 192 99 93 22.9 18.4 30.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 106 58 48 12.6 10.8 15.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 91 45 46 10.8 8.4 15.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 342 97 245 40.8 18.1 81.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 127 37 90 15.1 6.9 29.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 1 8 1.1 0.2 2.6
15-19 183 98 85 21.8 18.2 28.1
20-24 307 180 127 36.6 33.5 42.0
25-29 170 132 38 20.3 24.6 12.6
30-34 114 83 31 13.6 15.4 10.3
35-39 46 36 10 5.5 6.7 3.3
40-44 10 7 3 1.2 1.3 1.0
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 9 1 8 1.1 0.2 2.6
15-19 118 36 82 14.1 6.7 27.2
20-24 147 39 108 17.5 7.3 35.8
25-29 40 13 27 4.8 2.4 8.9
30-34 18 5 13 2.1 0.9 4.3
35-39 5 1 4 0.6 0.2 1.3
40-44 5 2 3 0.6 0.4 1.0
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 11 7 4 1.3 1.3 1.3
7-9 YEARS 89 58 31 10.6 10.8 10.3
10, 11 YEARS 150 76 74 17.9 14.2 24.5
12 YEARS 312 179 133 37.2 33.3 44.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 192 140 52 22.9 26.1 17.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 84 77 7 10.0 14.3 2.3
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 2 7 1.1 0.4 2.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 675 477 198 80.4 88.8 65.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 112 39 73 13.3 7.3 24.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 19 8 11 2.3 1.5 3.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 24 11 13 2.9 2.0 4.3
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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.
