SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHOCTAW 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 112 63 49 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 61 35 26 54.5 55.6 53.1
FEMALES 51 28 23 45.5 44.4 46.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 32 13 19 28.6 20.6 38.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 21 7 14 18.8 11.1 28.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 15 5 10 13.4 7.9 20.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 10 39 43.8 15.9 79.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 8 19 24.1 12.7 38.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.0
15-19 31 13 18 27.7 20.6 36.7
20-24 20 10 10 17.8 15.9 20.4
25-29 38 27 11 33.9 42.8 22.4
30-34 14 10 4 12.5 15.9 8.2
35-39 8 3 5 7.1 4.8 10.2
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 1 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.0
15-19 26 8 18 23.2 12.7 36.7
20-24 11 2 9 9.8 3.2 18.4
25-29 8 0 8 7.1 0.0 16.3
30-34 1 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.0
35-39 2 0 2 1.8 0.0 4.1
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 1 1 0 0.9 1.6 0.0
7-9 YEARS 11 4 7 9.8 6.3 14.3
10, 11 YEARS 18 6 12 16.1 9.5 24.5
12 YEARS 41 18 23 36.6 28.6 46.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 28 21 7 25.0 33.3 14.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 13 0 11.6 20.6 0.0
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 83 50 33 74.1 79.4 67.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 23 13 10 20.5 20.6 20.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 0 6 5.4 0.0 12.2
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.
