SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TATE 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 357 208 149 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 185 112 73 51.8 53.8 49.0
FEMALES 172 96 76 48.2 46.2 51.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 79 35 44 22.1 16.8 29.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 47 21 26 13.2 10.1 17.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 23 10 13 6.4 4.8 8.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 143 32 111 40.0 15.4 74.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 57 15 42 16.0 7.2 28.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.3
15-19 77 35 42 21.6 16.8 28.2
20-24 131 72 59 36.7 34.6 39.6
25-29 76 57 19 21.3 27.4 12.8
30-34 49 28 21 13.7 13.5 14.1
35-39 18 13 5 5.0 6.2 3.4
40-44 4 3 1 1.1 1.4 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 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.3
15-19 55 15 40 15.4 7.2 26.8
20-24 61 14 47 17.1 6.7 31.5
25-29 13 3 10 3.6 1.4 6.7
30-34 9 0 9 2.5 0.0 6.0
35-39 3 0 3 0.8 0.0 2.0
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 2 1 1 0.6 0.5 0.7
7-9 YEARS 33 21 12 9.2 10.1 8.0
10, 11 YEARS 60 28 32 16.8 13.5 21.5
12 YEARS 134 70 64 37.5 33.6 43.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 88 53 35 24.6 25.5 23.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 33 32 1 9.2 15.4 0.7
UNKNOWN 7 3 4 2.0 1.4 2.7
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 281 185 96 78.7 88.9 64.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 54 16 38 15.1 7.7 25.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 0 6 1.7 0.0 4.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 14 7 7 3.9 3.4 4.7
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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.
