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COUNTY: SUNFLOWER

 
 
        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.

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