SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 299 151 148 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 148 72 76 49.5 47.7 51.4
FEMALES 151 79 72 50.5 52.3 48.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 75 20 55 25.1 13.2 37.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 45 14 31 15.0 9.3 20.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 23 6 17 7.7 4.0 11.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 137 26 111 45.8 17.2 75.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 9 54 21.1 6.0 36.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.7 0.0 1.4
15-19 73 20 53 24.4 13.2 35.8
20-24 105 56 49 35.1 37.1 33.1
25-29 60 33 27 20.1 21.8 18.2
30-34 42 31 11 14.0 20.5 7.4
35-39 15 9 6 5.0 6.0 4.0
40-44 2 2 0 0.7 1.3 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 2 0 2 0.7 0.0 1.4
15-19 61 9 52 20.4 6.0 35.1
20-24 47 14 33 15.7 9.3 22.3
25-29 21 3 18 7.0 2.0 12.2
30-34 4 0 4 1.3 0.0 2.7
35-39 2 0 2 0.7 0.0 1.4
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 2 2 0 0.7 1.3 0.0
7-9 YEARS 26 12 14 8.7 7.9 9.4
10, 11 YEARS 44 17 27 14.7 11.2 18.2
12 YEARS 120 48 72 40.1 31.8 48.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 74 43 31 24.7 28.5 20.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 33 29 4 11.0 19.2 2.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 246 144 102 82.3 95.4 68.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 40 5 35 13.4 3.3 23.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 2 10 4.0 1.3 6.8
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.
