SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE COUNTY, 1996
*** 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 139 74 65 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 77 39 38 55.4 52.7 58.5
FEMALES 62 35 27 44.6 47.3 41.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 18 6 12 13.0 8.1 18.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 15 7 8 10.8 9.4 12.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 9 3 6 6.5 4.0 9.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 54 12 42 38.8 16.2 64.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 13 1 12 9.4 1.4 18.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 18 6 12 13.0 8.1 18.5
20-24 49 27 22 35.2 36.5 33.8
25-29 43 26 17 30.9 35.1 26.2
30-34 22 10 12 15.8 13.5 18.5
35-39 5 3 2 3.6 4.0 3.1
40-44 2 2 0 1.4 2.7 0.0
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 13 1 12 9.4 1.4 18.5
20-24 24 6 18 17.3 8.1 27.7
25-29 10 3 7 7.2 4.0 10.8
30-34 6 1 5 4.3 1.4 7.7
35-39 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
40-44 1 1 0 0.7 1.4 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 3 2 1 2.2 2.7 1.5
7-9 YEARS 7 2 5 5.0 2.7 7.7
10, 11 YEARS 14 5 9 10.1 6.8 13.8
12 YEARS 56 29 27 40.3 39.2 41.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 44 25 19 31.6 33.8 29.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 15 11 4 10.8 14.9 6.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.7 0.0 1.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 100 62 38 71.9 83.8 58.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 30 9 21 21.6 12.2 32.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 3 5 5.8 4.0 7.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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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.
