SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 447 384 63 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 203 181 22 45.4 47.1 34.9
FEMALES 244 203 41 54.6 52.9 65.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 58 45 13 13.0 11.7 20.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 67 53 14 15.0 13.8 22.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 43 32 11 9.6 8.3 17.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 90 53 37 20.1 13.8 58.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 26 14 12 5.8 3.6 19.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
15-19 56 43 13 12.5 11.2 20.6
20-24 134 112 22 30.0 29.2 34.9
25-29 136 124 12 30.4 32.3 19.0
30-34 86 75 11 19.2 19.5 17.5
35-39 23 20 3 5.1 5.2 4.8
40-44 10 8 2 2.2 2.1 3.2
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 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
15-19 24 12 12 5.4 3.1 19.0
20-24 39 24 15 8.7 6.2 23.8
25-29 16 10 6 3.6 2.6 9.5
30-34 6 3 3 1.3 0.8 4.8
35-39 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 1.6
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 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
7-9 YEARS 36 34 2 8.0 8.8 3.2
10, 11 YEARS 44 32 12 9.8 8.3 19.0
12 YEARS 99 85 14 22.1 22.1 22.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 142 116 26 31.8 30.2 41.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 124 115 9 27.7 29.9 14.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 0 3 0.7 0.0 4.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 404 354 50 90.4 92.2 79.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 35 28 7 7.8 7.3 11.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 2 3 1.1 0.5 4.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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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.
