SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE 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 193 100 93 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 89 50 39 46.1 50.0 41.9
FEMALES 104 50 54 53.9 50.0 58.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 43 15 28 22.3 15.0 30.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 29 11 18 15.0 11.0 19.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 15 3 12 7.8 3.0 12.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 82 14 68 42.5 14.0 73.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 32 4 28 16.6 4.0 30.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 43 15 28 22.3 15.0 30.1
20-24 59 30 29 30.6 30.0 31.2
25-29 56 37 19 29.0 37.0 20.4
30-34 24 15 9 12.4 15.0 9.7
35-39 8 3 5 4.1 3.0 5.4
40-44 3 0 3 1.6 0.0 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 32 4 28 16.6 4.0 30.1
20-24 31 6 25 16.1 6.0 26.9
25-29 10 3 7 5.2 3.0 7.5
30-34 5 1 4 2.6 1.0 4.3
35-39 3 0 3 1.6 0.0 3.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.1
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 1 0 0.5 1.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 12 4 8 6.2 4.0 8.6
10, 11 YEARS 32 11 21 16.6 11.0 22.6
12 YEARS 73 39 34 37.8 39.0 36.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 55 34 21 28.5 34.0 22.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 20 11 9 10.4 11.0 9.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 154 87 67 79.8 87.0 72.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 31 13 18 16.1 13.0 19.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 0 6 3.1 0.0 6.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 1.0 0.0 2.2
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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.
