SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SIMPSON 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 364 216 148 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 176 111 65 48.4 51.4 43.9
FEMALES 188 105 83 51.6 48.6 56.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 85 44 41 23.4 20.4 27.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 67 28 39 18.4 13.0 26.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 39 19 20 10.7 8.8 13.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 140 34 106 38.5 15.7 71.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 60 19 41 16.5 8.8 27.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 2 2 1.1 0.9 1.4
15-19 81 42 39 22.2 19.4 26.4
20-24 121 71 50 33.2 32.9 33.8
25-29 91 59 32 25.0 27.3 21.6
30-34 48 31 17 13.2 14.4 11.5
35-39 14 8 6 3.8 3.7 4.0
40-44 5 3 2 1.4 1.4 1.4
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 1 2 0.8 0.5 1.4
15-19 57 18 39 15.6 8.3 26.4
20-24 50 13 37 13.7 6.0 25.0
25-29 22 1 21 6.0 0.5 14.2
30-34 6 1 5 1.6 0.5 3.4
35-39 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.7
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 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 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 1.4
7-9 YEARS 35 22 13 9.6 10.2 8.8
10, 11 YEARS 60 34 26 16.5 15.7 17.6
12 YEARS 155 84 71 42.6 38.9 48.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 76 47 29 20.9 21.8 19.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 34 29 5 9.3 13.4 3.4
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 1.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 308 197 111 84.6 91.2 75.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 49 16 33 13.5 7.4 22.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 3 3 1.6 1.4 2.0
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.
