SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VIII , 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 3,928 2,351 1,577 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,953 1,157 796 49.7 49.2 50.5
FEMALES 1,975 1,194 781 50.3 50.8 49.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 897 421 476 22.8 17.9 30.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 564 255 309 14.4 10.8 19.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 401 179 222 10.2 7.6 14.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,607 438 1,169 40.9 18.6 74.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 630 167 463 16.0 7.1 29.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 24 8 16 0.6 0.3 1.0
15-19 873 413 460 22.2 17.6 29.2
20-24 1,375 790 585 35.0 33.6 37.1
25-29 879 616 263 22.4 26.2 16.7
30-34 564 381 183 14.4 16.2 11.6
35-39 175 119 56 4.4 5.1 3.6
40-44 37 23 14 0.9 1.0 0.9
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 # # 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 23 7 16 0.6 0.3 1.0
15-19 607 160 447 15.4 6.8 28.3
20-24 611 159 452 15.6 6.8 28.7
25-29 219 72 147 5.6 3.1 9.3
30-34 111 30 81 2.8 1.3 5.1
35-39 27 8 19 0.7 0.3 1.2
40-44 9 2 7 0.2 0.1 0.4
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 28 17 11 0.7 0.7 0.7
7-9 YEARS 366 229 137 9.3 9.7 8.7
10, 11 YEARS 662 323 339 16.8 13.7 21.5
12 YEARS 1,368 747 621 34.8 31.8 39.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 994 608 386 25.3 25.9 24.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 509 427 82 13.0 18.2 5.2
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 40 9 31 1.0 0.4 2.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,268 2,137 1,131 83.2 90.9 71.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 495 169 326 12.6 7.2 20.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 86 20 66 2.2 0.8 4.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 39 16 23 1.0 0.7 1.4
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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.
