SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VI , 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 3,511 1,738 1,773 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,821 914 907 51.9 52.6 51.2
FEMALES 1,690 824 866 48.1 47.4 48.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 709 241 468 20.2 13.9 26.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 489 191 298 13.9 11.0 16.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 384 134 250 10.9 7.7 14.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,610 303 1,307 45.8 17.4 73.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 551 103 448 15.7 5.9 25.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 30 7 23 0.8 0.4 1.3
15-19 679 234 445 19.3 13.5 25.1
20-24 1,228 593 635 35.0 34.1 35.8
25-29 850 497 353 24.2 28.6 19.9
30-34 497 288 209 14.2 16.6 11.8
35-39 194 105 89 5.5 6.0 5.0
40-44 30 13 17 0.8 0.7 1.0
45 AND OVER 3 1 2 0.1 # 0.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 29 7 22 0.8 0.4 1.2
15-19 522 96 426 14.9 5.5 24.0
20-24 603 103 500 17.2 5.9 28.2
25-29 257 49 208 7.3 2.8 11.7
30-34 137 30 107 3.9 1.7 6.0
35-39 49 14 35 1.4 0.8 2.0
40-44 13 4 9 0.4 0.2 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 1 1 0 # # 0.0
1-6 YEARS 32 18 14 0.9 1.0 0.8
7-9 YEARS 336 145 191 9.6 8.3 10.8
10, 11 YEARS 570 208 362 16.2 12.0 20.4
12 YEARS 1,342 570 772 38.2 32.8 43.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 853 500 353 24.3 28.8 19.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 362 290 72 10.3 16.7 4.1
UNKNOWN 15 6 9 0.4 0.3 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 60 12 48 1.7 0.7 2.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 2,534 1,457 1,077 72.2 83.8 60.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 743 228 515 21.2 13.1 29.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 129 25 104 3.7 1.4 5.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 45 16 29 1.3 0.9 1.6
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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.
