SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEFLORE 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 694 159 535 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 353 84 269 50.9 52.8 50.3
FEMALES 341 75 266 49.1 47.2 49.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 221 28 193 31.8 17.6 36.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 113 14 99 16.3 8.8 18.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 74 10 64 10.7 6.3 12.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 461 26 435 66.4 16.4 81.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 203 12 191 29.2 7.5 35.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 11 0 11 1.6 0.0 2.0
15-19 210 28 182 30.2 17.6 34.0
20-24 242 53 189 34.9 33.3 35.3
25-29 132 44 88 19.0 27.7 16.4
30-34 62 26 36 8.9 16.4 6.7
35-39 30 8 22 4.3 5.0 4.1
40-44 6 0 6 0.9 0.0 1.1
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 10 0 10 1.4 0.0 1.9
15-19 193 12 181 27.8 7.5 33.8
20-24 170 6 164 24.5 3.8 30.6
25-29 55 6 49 7.9 3.8 9.2
30-34 23 2 21 3.3 1.2 3.9
35-39 9 0 9 1.3 0.0 1.7
40-44 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
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 6 2 4 0.9 1.2 0.7
7-9 YEARS 86 14 72 12.4 8.8 13.4
10, 11 YEARS 154 22 132 22.2 13.8 24.7
12 YEARS 238 45 193 34.3 28.3 36.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 139 47 92 20.0 29.6 17.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 68 29 39 9.8 18.2 7.3
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.4 0.0 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 24 0 24 3.4 0.0 4.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 218 92 126 31.4 57.9 23.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 297 50 247 42.8 31.4 46.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 135 14 121 19.4 8.8 22.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 20 3 17 2.9 1.9 3.2
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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.
