SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COAHOMA 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 594 111 483 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 294 65 229 49.5 58.6 47.4
FEMALES 300 46 254 50.5 41.4 52.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 187 13 174 31.5 11.7 36.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 123 15 108 20.7 13.5 22.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 65 8 57 10.9 7.2 11.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 425 24 401 71.5 21.6 83.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 177 5 172 29.8 4.5 35.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 1.2 0.0 1.4
15-19 180 13 167 30.3 11.7 34.6
20-24 217 35 182 36.5 31.5 37.7
25-29 107 34 73 18.0 30.6 15.1
30-34 59 20 39 9.9 18.0 8.1
35-39 19 8 11 3.2 7.2 2.3
40-44 4 1 3 0.7 0.9 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 1.2 0.0 1.4
15-19 170 5 165 28.6 4.5 34.2
20-24 155 9 146 26.1 8.1 30.2
25-29 55 5 50 9.2 4.5 10.4
30-34 29 3 26 4.9 2.7 5.4
35-39 7 2 5 1.2 1.8 1.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.2
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 7 1 6 1.2 0.9 1.2
7-9 YEARS 62 9 53 10.4 8.1 11.0
10, 11 YEARS 143 13 130 24.1 11.7 26.9
12 YEARS 169 29 140 28.4 26.1 29.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 160 32 128 26.9 28.8 26.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 48 26 22 8.1 23.4 4.6
UNKNOWN 5 1 4 0.8 0.9 0.8
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 0 3 0.5 0.0 0.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 452 101 351 76.1 91.0 72.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 119 9 110 20.0 8.1 22.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 14 1 13 2.4 0.9 2.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 0 6 1.0 0.0 1.2
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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.
