SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 175 125 50 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 83 56 27 47.4 44.8 54.0
FEMALES 92 69 23 52.6 55.2 46.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 45 28 17 25.7 22.4 34.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 17 8 9 9.7 6.4 18.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 12 6 6 6.8 4.8 12.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 75 33 42 42.8 26.4 84.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 31 14 17 17.7 11.2 34.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.6 0.8 0.0
15-19 44 27 17 25.1 21.6 34.0
20-24 72 52 20 41.1 41.6 40.0
25-29 28 22 6 16.0 17.6 12.0
30-34 22 17 5 12.6 13.6 10.0
35-39 5 5 0 2.8 4.0 0.0
40-44 3 1 2 1.7 0.8 4.0
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 1 1 0 0.6 0.8 0.0
15-19 30 13 17 17.1 10.4 34.0
20-24 30 13 17 17.1 10.4 34.0
25-29 7 5 2 4.0 4.0 4.0
30-34 6 1 5 3.4 0.8 10.0
35-39 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 2.0
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 1 1 0 0.6 0.8 0.0
7-9 YEARS 15 12 3 8.6 9.6 6.0
10, 11 YEARS 28 16 12 16.0 12.8 24.0
12 YEARS 74 54 20 42.3 43.2 40.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 50 36 14 28.6 28.8 28.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 7 6 1 4.0 4.8 2.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 1 0 0.6 0.8 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 148 112 36 84.6 89.6 72.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 24 12 12 13.7 9.6 24.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 2 0 2 1.1 0.0 4.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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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.
