SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BENTON 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 128 77 51 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 61 39 22 47.6 50.6 43.1
FEMALES 67 38 29 52.3 49.4 56.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 30 14 16 23.4 18.2 31.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 19 8 11 14.8 10.4 21.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 16 8 8 12.5 10.4 15.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 18 37 43.0 23.4 72.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 21 6 15 16.4 7.8 29.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 30 14 16 23.4 18.2 31.4
20-24 46 32 14 35.9 41.6 27.4
25-29 32 20 12 25.0 26.0 23.5
30-34 13 7 6 10.2 9.1 11.8
35-39 7 4 3 5.5 5.2 5.9
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
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 21 6 15 16.4 7.8 29.4
20-24 20 11 9 15.6 14.3 17.6
25-29 9 1 8 7.0 1.3 15.7
30-34 2 0 2 1.6 0.0 3.9
35-39 3 0 3 2.3 0.0 5.9
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 13 7 6 10.2 9.1 11.8
10, 11 YEARS 22 14 8 17.2 18.2 15.7
12 YEARS 49 25 24 38.3 32.5 47.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 31 21 10 24.2 27.3 19.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 10 3 10.2 13.0 5.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 115 70 45 89.8 90.9 88.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 13 7 6 10.2 9.1 11.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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.
