SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 548 113 435 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 278 55 223 50.7 48.7 51.3
FEMALES 270 58 212 49.3 51.3 48.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 177 18 159 32.3 15.9 36.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 92 18 74 16.8 15.9 17.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 52 10 42 9.5 8.8 9.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 378 16 362 69.0 14.2 83.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 167 9 158 30.5 8.0 36.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.6 0.0 2.1
15-19 168 18 150 30.6 15.9 34.5
20-24 186 30 156 33.9 26.5 35.9
25-29 96 37 59 17.5 32.7 13.6
30-34 61 24 37 11.1 21.2 8.5
35-39 23 3 20 4.2 2.6 4.6
40-44 4 1 3 0.7 0.9 0.7
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.6 0.0 2.1
15-19 158 9 149 28.8 8.0 34.2
20-24 135 4 131 24.6 3.5 30.1
25-29 35 2 33 6.4 1.8 7.6
30-34 26 0 26 4.7 0.0 6.0
35-39 13 1 12 2.4 0.9 2.8
40-44 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 0.5
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 9 0 9 1.6 0.0 2.1
7-9 YEARS 87 13 74 15.9 11.5 17.0
10, 11 YEARS 111 6 105 20.2 5.3 24.1
12 YEARS 159 32 127 29.0 28.3 29.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 110 29 81 20.1 25.7 18.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 72 33 39 13.1 29.2 9.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 1 3 0.7 0.9 0.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 411 105 306 75.0 92.9 70.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 113 6 107 20.6 5.3 24.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 17 1 16 3.1 0.9 3.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 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.
