SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 138 29 109 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 73 15 58 52.9 51.7 53.2
FEMALES 65 14 51 47.1 48.3 46.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 31 2 29 22.5 6.9 26.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 17 1 16 12.3 3.4 14.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 11 1 10 8.0 3.4 9.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 86 4 82 62.3 13.8 75.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 28 2 26 20.3 6.9 23.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 1.4 0.0 1.8
15-19 29 2 27 21.0 6.9 24.8
20-24 57 12 45 41.3 41.4 41.3
25-29 25 8 17 18.1 27.6 15.6
30-34 18 6 12 13.0 20.7 11.0
35-39 7 1 6 5.1 3.4 5.5
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
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 1.4 0.0 1.8
15-19 26 2 24 18.8 6.9 22.0
20-24 37 1 36 26.8 3.4 33.0
25-29 9 0 9 6.5 0.0 8.2
30-34 9 1 8 6.5 3.4 7.3
35-39 3 0 3 2.2 0.0 2.8
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 1 0 1 0.7 0.0 0.9
7-9 YEARS 7 1 6 5.1 3.4 5.5
10, 11 YEARS 21 6 15 15.2 20.7 13.8
12 YEARS 57 7 50 41.3 24.1 45.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 37 7 30 26.8 24.1 27.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 14 7 7 10.1 24.1 6.4
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.7 3.4 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.7 0.0 0.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 99 28 71 71.7 96.6 65.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 25 0 25 18.1 0.0 22.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 1 9 7.2 3.4 8.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 2.2 0.0 2.8
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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.
