SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BOLIVAR 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 721 159 562 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 350 76 274 48.5 47.8 48.8
FEMALES 371 83 288 51.4 52.2 51.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 199 18 181 27.6 11.3 32.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 135 20 115 18.7 12.6 20.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 90 16 74 12.5 10.1 13.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 476 21 455 66.0 13.2 81.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 187 7 180 25.9 4.4 32.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 11 0 11 1.5 0.0 2.0
15-19 188 18 170 26.1 11.3 30.2
20-24 236 50 186 32.7 31.4 33.1
25-29 183 61 122 25.4 38.4 21.7
30-34 74 25 49 10.3 15.7 8.7
35-39 23 4 19 3.2 2.5 3.4
40-44 6 1 5 0.8 0.6 0.9
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 11 0 11 1.5 0.0 2.0
15-19 176 7 169 24.4 4.4 30.1
20-24 162 7 155 22.5 4.4 27.6
25-29 83 4 79 11.5 2.5 14.0
30-34 30 2 28 4.2 1.2 5.0
35-39 10 0 10 1.4 0.0 1.8
40-44 4 1 3 0.6 0.6 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 7 0 7 1.0 0.0 1.2
7-9 YEARS 76 15 61 10.5 9.4 10.8
10, 11 YEARS 130 8 122 18.0 5.0 21.7
12 YEARS 241 40 201 33.4 25.2 35.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 165 40 125 22.9 25.2 22.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 102 56 46 14.1 35.2 8.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 1 6 1.0 0.6 1.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 573 152 421 79.5 95.6 74.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 131 6 125 18.2 3.8 22.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 0 7 1.0 0.0 1.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 0.4 0.0 0.5
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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.
