SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE 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 1,145 567 578 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 589 288 301 51.4 50.8 52.1
FEMALES 556 279 277 48.6 49.2 47.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 204 62 142 17.8 10.9 24.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 159 53 106 13.9 9.3 18.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 127 43 84 11.1 7.6 14.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 528 95 433 46.1 16.8 74.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 169 29 140 14.8 5.1 24.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 8 1 7 0.7 0.2 1.2
15-19 196 61 135 17.1 10.8 23.4
20-24 382 174 208 33.4 30.7 36.0
25-29 287 169 118 25.1 29.8 20.4
30-34 199 118 81 17.4 20.8 14.0
35-39 64 41 23 5.6 7.2 4.0
40-44 9 3 6 0.8 0.5 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 8 1 7 0.7 0.2 1.2
15-19 161 28 133 14.1 4.9 23.0
20-24 199 32 167 17.4 5.6 28.9
25-29 98 20 78 8.6 3.5 13.5
30-34 46 9 37 4.0 1.6 6.4
35-39 11 4 7 1.0 0.7 1.2
40-44 5 1 4 0.4 0.2 0.7
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 5 2 3 0.4 0.4 0.5
7-9 YEARS 92 31 61 8.0 5.5 10.6
10, 11 YEARS 173 59 114 15.1 10.4 19.7
12 YEARS 421 168 253 36.8 29.6 43.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 297 175 122 25.9 30.9 21.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 154 132 22 13.4 23.3 3.8
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.3 0.0 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 29 2 27 2.5 0.4 4.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 709 446 263 61.9 78.7 45.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 340 108 232 29.7 19.0 40.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 53 6 47 4.6 1.0 8.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 14 5 9 1.2 0.9 1.6
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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.
