SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 999 498 501 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 533 271 262 53.4 54.4 52.3
FEMALES 466 227 239 46.6 45.6 47.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 184 52 132 18.4 10.4 26.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 125 43 82 12.5 8.6 16.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 89 33 56 8.9 6.6 11.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 423 81 342 42.3 16.3 68.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 151 28 123 15.1 5.6 24.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.4 0.0 0.8
15-19 180 52 128 18.0 10.4 25.5
20-24 303 134 169 30.3 26.9 33.7
25-29 298 197 101 29.8 39.6 20.2
30-34 147 83 64 14.7 16.7 12.8
35-39 56 26 30 5.6 5.2 6.0
40-44 8 6 2 0.8 1.2 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.3 0.0 0.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.4 0.0 0.8
15-19 147 28 119 14.7 5.6 23.8
20-24 157 25 132 15.7 5.0 26.3
25-29 70 22 48 7.0 4.4 9.6
30-34 31 5 26 3.1 1.0 5.2
35-39 11 1 10 1.1 0.2 2.0
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.3 0.0 0.6
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 2 1 1 0.2 0.2 0.2
7-9 YEARS 70 23 47 7.0 4.6 9.4
10, 11 YEARS 150 44 106 15.0 8.8 21.2
12 YEARS 356 146 210 35.6 29.3 41.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 229 133 96 22.9 26.7 19.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 191 151 40 19.1 30.3 8.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 10 3 7 1.0 0.6 1.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 767 436 331 76.8 87.6 66.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 183 51 132 18.3 10.2 26.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 32 8 24 3.2 1.6 4.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 0 7 0.7 0.0 1.4
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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.
