SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEAKE 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 296 145 151 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 160 86 74 54.0 59.3 49.0
FEMALES 136 59 77 45.9 40.7 51.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 61 20 41 20.6 13.8 27.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 38 12 26 12.8 8.3 17.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 31 5 26 10.5 3.4 17.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 128 19 109 43.2 13.1 72.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 43 6 37 14.5 4.1 24.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 1.0 0.0 2.0
15-19 58 20 38 19.6 13.8 25.2
20-24 108 59 49 36.5 40.7 32.4
25-29 73 40 33 24.7 27.6 21.8
30-34 37 19 18 12.5 13.1 11.9
35-39 14 5 9 4.7 3.4 6.0
40-44 1 1 0 0.3 0.7 0.0
45 AND OVER 2 1 1 0.7 0.7 0.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 1.0 0.0 2.0
15-19 40 6 34 13.5 4.1 22.5
20-24 48 8 40 16.2 5.5 26.5
25-29 24 4 20 8.1 2.8 13.2
30-34 9 1 8 3.0 0.7 5.3
35-39 4 0 4 1.4 0.0 2.6
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 1 1 0 0.3 0.7 0.0
1-6 YEARS 5 2 3 1.7 1.4 2.0
7-9 YEARS 29 13 16 9.8 9.0 10.6
10, 11 YEARS 45 18 27 15.2 12.4 17.9
12 YEARS 120 49 71 40.5 33.8 47.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 64 44 20 21.6 30.3 13.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 31 17 14 10.5 11.7 9.3
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.3 0.7 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 2 1 1.0 1.4 0.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 227 124 103 76.7 85.5 68.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 55 15 40 18.6 10.3 26.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 3 5 2.7 2.1 3.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 1 2 1.0 0.7 1.3
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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.
