SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MARSHALL 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 551 245 306 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 257 114 143 46.6 46.5 46.7
FEMALES 294 131 163 53.4 53.5 53.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 142 51 91 25.8 20.8 29.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 96 32 64 17.4 13.1 20.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 59 20 39 10.7 8.2 12.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 288 58 230 52.3 23.7 75.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 115 25 90 20.9 10.2 29.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.7 0.0 1.3
15-19 138 51 87 25.0 20.8 28.4
20-24 175 75 100 31.8 30.6 32.7
25-29 115 64 51 20.9 26.1 16.7
30-34 85 37 48 15.4 15.1 15.7
35-39 25 15 10 4.5 6.1 3.3
40-44 8 3 5 1.4 1.2 1.6
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.7 0.0 1.3
15-19 111 25 86 20.1 10.2 28.1
20-24 94 15 79 17.1 6.1 25.8
25-29 41 11 30 7.4 4.5 9.8
30-34 29 6 23 5.3 2.4 7.5
35-39 7 1 6 1.3 0.4 2.0
40-44 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 0.6
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 3 2 1 0.5 0.8 0.3
7-9 YEARS 50 26 24 9.1 10.6 7.8
10, 11 YEARS 105 43 62 19.0 17.6 20.3
12 YEARS 238 108 130 43.2 44.1 42.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 104 45 59 18.9 18.4 19.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 49 20 29 8.9 8.2 9.5
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.4 0.4 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 11 1 10 2.0 0.4 3.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 421 219 202 76.4 89.4 66.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 96 20 76 17.4 8.2 24.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 17 4 13 3.1 1.6 4.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 1 5 1.1 0.4 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.
