SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 1,100 604 496 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 548 301 247 49.8 49.8 49.8
FEMALES 552 303 249 50.2 50.2 50.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 211 84 127 19.2 13.9 25.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 167 69 98 15.2 11.4 19.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 114 48 66 10.4 7.9 13.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 463 99 364 42.1 16.4 73.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 162 37 125 14.7 6.1 25.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 1 5 0.5 0.2 1.0
15-19 205 83 122 18.6 13.7 24.6
20-24 361 173 188 32.8 28.6 37.9
25-29 276 181 95 25.1 30.0 19.2
30-34 175 114 61 15.9 18.9 12.3
35-39 67 45 22 6.1 7.4 4.4
40-44 9 7 2 0.8 1.2 0.4
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 6 1 5 0.5 0.2 1.0
15-19 156 36 120 14.2 6.0 24.2
20-24 186 36 150 16.9 6.0 30.2
25-29 72 17 55 6.5 2.8 11.1
30-34 29 7 22 2.6 1.2 4.4
35-39 14 2 12 1.3 0.3 2.4
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 6 4 2 0.5 0.7 0.4
7-9 YEARS 101 56 45 9.2 9.3 9.1
10, 11 YEARS 144 45 99 13.1 7.4 20.0
12 YEARS 318 158 160 28.9 26.2 32.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 299 164 135 27.2 27.2 27.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 232 177 55 21.1 29.3 11.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 15 2 13 1.4 0.3 2.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 917 555 362 83.4 91.9 73.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 141 42 99 12.8 7.0 20.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 25 5 20 2.3 0.8 4.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.2 0.0 0.4
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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.
