SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WAYNE 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 346 175 171 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 170 86 84 49.1 49.1 49.1
FEMALES 176 89 87 50.9 50.8 50.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 83 38 45 24.0 21.7 26.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 52 15 37 15.0 8.6 21.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 34 7 27 9.8 4.0 15.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 157 29 128 45.4 16.6 74.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 56 12 44 16.2 6.8 25.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.9 0.6 1.2
15-19 80 37 43 23.1 21.1 25.1
20-24 122 63 59 35.3 36.0 34.5
25-29 76 44 32 22.0 25.1 18.7
30-34 47 24 23 13.6 13.7 13.4
35-39 17 6 11 4.9 3.4 6.4
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
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 0.9 0.6 1.2
15-19 53 11 42 15.3 6.3 24.6
20-24 59 10 49 17.0 5.7 28.6
25-29 24 3 21 6.9 1.7 12.3
30-34 14 4 10 4.0 2.3 5.8
35-39 4 0 4 1.2 0.0 2.3
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 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
7-9 YEARS 32 16 16 9.2 9.1 9.4
10, 11 YEARS 81 40 41 23.4 22.8 24.0
12 YEARS 144 72 72 41.6 41.1 42.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 68 37 31 19.6 21.1 18.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 20 10 10 5.8 5.7 5.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.6 0.6 0.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 280 156 124 80.9 89.1 72.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 52 15 37 15.0 8.6 21.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 0 6 1.7 0.0 3.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 3 3 1.7 1.7 1.8
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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.
