SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 407 236 171 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 218 120 98 53.6 50.8 57.3
FEMALES 189 116 73 46.4 49.2 42.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 67 23 44 16.5 9.7 25.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 55 20 35 13.5 8.5 20.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 28 13 15 6.9 5.5 8.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 147 32 115 36.1 13.6 67.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 11 44 13.5 4.7 25.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 1.2
15-19 65 23 42 16.0 9.7 24.6
20-24 130 69 61 31.9 29.2 35.7
25-29 95 58 37 23.3 24.6 21.6
30-34 81 62 19 19.9 26.3 11.1
35-39 29 21 8 7.1 8.9 4.7
40-44 5 3 2 1.2 1.3 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 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 1.2
15-19 53 11 42 13.0 4.7 24.6
20-24 62 17 45 15.2 7.2 26.3
25-29 21 3 18 5.2 1.3 10.5
30-34 5 0 5 1.2 0.0 2.9
35-39 3 1 2 0.7 0.4 1.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.6
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 0.2 0.0 0.6
7-9 YEARS 20 7 13 4.9 3.0 7.6
10, 11 YEARS 35 15 20 8.6 6.4 11.7
12 YEARS 117 62 55 28.7 26.3 32.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 110 62 48 27.0 26.3 28.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 124 90 34 30.5 38.1 19.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 1 3 1.0 0.4 1.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 331 212 119 81.3 89.8 69.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 63 21 42 15.5 8.9 24.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 2 6 2.0 0.8 3.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 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.
