SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF QUITMAN 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 189 43 146 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 93 25 68 49.2 58.1 46.6
FEMALES 96 18 78 50.8 41.9 53.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 57 9 48 30.2 20.9 32.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 48 6 42 25.4 14.0 28.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 27 5 22 14.3 11.6 15.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 137 10 127 72.5 23.2 87.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 5 46 27.0 11.6 31.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 1.6 0.0 2.0
15-19 54 9 45 28.6 20.9 30.8
20-24 82 17 65 43.4 39.5 44.5
25-29 27 11 16 14.3 25.6 11.0
30-34 16 4 12 8.5 9.3 8.2
35-39 6 2 4 3.2 4.6 2.7
40-44 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.7
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 3 0 3 1.6 0.0 2.0
15-19 48 5 43 25.4 11.6 29.4
20-24 61 4 57 32.3 9.3 39.0
25-29 12 1 11 6.3 2.3 7.5
30-34 9 0 9 4.8 0.0 6.2
35-39 3 0 3 1.6 0.0 2.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.7
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 1.6 4.6 0.7
7-9 YEARS 27 5 22 14.3 11.6 15.1
10, 11 YEARS 46 5 41 24.3 11.6 28.1
12 YEARS 66 15 51 34.9 34.9 34.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 36 11 25 19.0 25.6 17.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 10 5 5 5.3 11.6 3.4
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.7
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 0 5 2.6 0.0 3.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 129 39 90 68.2 90.7 61.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 45 4 41 23.8 9.3 28.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 0 9 4.8 0.0 6.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.7
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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.
