SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MONROE 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 563 340 223 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 286 175 111 50.8 51.5 49.8
FEMALES 277 165 112 49.2 48.5 50.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 128 68 60 22.7 20.0 26.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 83 40 43 14.7 11.8 19.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 57 26 31 10.1 7.6 13.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 239 78 161 42.4 22.9 72.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 88 30 58 15.6 8.8 26.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 1 5 1.1 0.3 2.2
15-19 122 67 55 21.7 19.7 24.7
20-24 191 107 84 33.9 31.5 37.7
25-29 132 90 42 23.4 26.5 18.8
30-34 84 59 25 14.9 17.4 11.2
35-39 24 12 12 4.3 3.5 5.4
40-44 4 4 0 0.7 1.2 0.0
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 5 0 5 0.9 0.0 2.2
15-19 83 30 53 14.7 8.8 23.8
20-24 95 33 62 16.9 9.7 27.8
25-29 35 8 27 6.2 2.4 12.1
30-34 17 6 11 3.0 1.8 4.9
35-39 4 1 3 0.7 0.3 1.3
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 4 2 2 0.7 0.6 0.9
7-9 YEARS 72 48 24 12.8 14.1 10.8
10, 11 YEARS 115 58 57 20.4 17.0 25.6
12 YEARS 201 112 89 35.7 32.9 39.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 112 72 40 19.9 21.2 17.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 59 48 11 10.5 14.1 4.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 0.7 0.0 1.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 431 288 143 76.6 84.7 64.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 110 44 66 19.5 12.9 29.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 15 6 9 2.7 1.8 4.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.5 0.6 0.4
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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.
