SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GEORGE 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 310 286 24 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 171 159 12 55.2 55.6 50.0
FEMALES 139 127 12 44.8 44.4 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 58 53 5 18.7 18.5 20.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 33 27 6 10.6 9.4 25.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 19 17 2 6.1 5.9 8.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 69 51 18 22.2 17.8 75.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 29 24 5 9.4 8.4 20.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
15-19 57 52 5 18.4 18.2 20.8
20-24 110 95 15 35.5 33.2 62.5
25-29 84 83 1 27.1 29.0 4.2
30-34 43 40 3 13.9 14.0 12.5
35-39 13 13 0 4.2 4.5 0.0
40-44 2 2 0 0.6 0.7 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 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
15-19 28 23 5 9.0 8.0 20.8
20-24 30 19 11 9.7 6.6 45.8
25-29 8 7 1 2.6 2.4 4.2
30-34 2 1 1 0.6 0.4 4.2
35-39 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 3 3 0 1.0 1.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 23 23 0 7.4 8.0 0.0
10, 11 YEARS 58 57 1 18.7 19.9 4.2
12 YEARS 135 121 14 43.5 42.3 58.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 67 59 8 21.6 20.6 33.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 24 23 1 7.7 8.0 4.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.6 0.4 4.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 263 248 15 84.8 86.7 62.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 39 31 8 12.6 10.8 33.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 4 0 1.3 1.4 0.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.6 0.7 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.
