SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT IV , 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 3,609 1,801 1,808 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,833 918 915 50.8 51.0 50.6
FEMALES 1,776 883 893 49.2 49.0 49.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 778 268 510 21.6 14.9 28.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 515 181 334 14.3 10.0 18.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 329 126 203 9.1 7.0 11.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,572 281 1,291 43.6 15.6 71.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 610 115 495 16.9 6.4 27.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 32 3 29 0.9 0.2 1.6
15-19 746 265 481 20.7 14.7 26.6
20-24 1,178 554 624 32.6 30.8 34.5
25-29 892 544 348 24.7 30.2 19.2
30-34 519 313 206 14.4 17.4 11.4
35-39 202 105 97 5.6 5.8 5.4
40-44 37 17 20 1.0 0.9 1.1
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.1 0.0 0.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 29 0 29 0.8 0.0 1.6
15-19 581 115 466 16.1 6.4 25.8
20-24 581 93 488 16.1 5.2 27.0
25-29 230 50 180 6.4 2.8 10.0
30-34 96 15 81 2.7 0.8 4.5
35-39 43 6 37 1.2 0.3 2.0
40-44 9 2 7 0.2 0.1 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.1 0.0 0.2
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 25 12 13 0.7 0.7 0.7
7-9 YEARS 362 168 194 10.0 9.3 10.7
10, 11 YEARS 603 190 413 16.7 10.6 22.8
12 YEARS 1,280 560 720 35.5 31.1 39.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 772 438 334 21.4 24.3 18.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 565 433 132 15.6 24.0 7.3
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 # 0.0 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 33 4 29 0.9 0.2 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 2,699 1,544 1,155 74.8 85.7 63.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 718 216 502 19.9 12.0 27.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 135 33 102 3.7 1.8 5.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 24 4 20 0.7 0.2 1.1
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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.
