SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON 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 1,226 312 914 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 649 171 478 52.9 54.8 52.3
FEMALES 577 141 436 47.1 45.2 47.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 367 54 313 29.9 17.3 34.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 217 28 189 17.7 9.0 20.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 127 18 109 10.4 5.8 11.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 836 65 771 68.2 20.8 84.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 338 31 307 27.6 9.9 33.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 21 0 21 1.7 0.0 2.3
15-19 346 54 292 28.2 17.3 31.9
20-24 428 91 337 34.9 29.2 36.9
25-29 225 89 136 18.4 28.5 14.9
30-34 139 64 75 11.3 20.5 8.2
35-39 55 12 43 4.5 3.8 4.7
40-44 12 2 10 1.0 0.6 1.1
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 21 0 21 1.7 0.0 2.3
15-19 317 31 286 25.8 9.9 31.3
20-24 333 26 307 27.2 8.3 33.6
25-29 92 3 89 7.5 1.0 9.7
30-34 52 4 48 4.2 1.3 5.2
35-39 16 1 15 1.3 0.3 1.6
40-44 5 0 5 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 19 2 17 1.6 0.6 1.9
7-9 YEARS 165 24 141 13.4 7.7 15.4
10, 11 YEARS 279 45 234 22.8 14.4 25.6
12 YEARS 402 86 316 32.8 27.6 34.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 229 90 139 18.7 28.8 15.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 131 65 66 10.7 20.8 7.2
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 25 5 20 2.0 1.6 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 793 265 528 64.7 84.9 57.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 331 38 293 27.0 12.2 32.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 71 4 67 5.8 1.3 7.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 0 6 0.5 0.0 0.6
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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.
