SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GRENADA 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 323 159 164 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 165 76 89 51.1 47.8 54.3
FEMALES 158 83 75 48.9 52.2 45.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 83 26 57 25.7 16.4 34.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 54 19 35 16.7 12.0 21.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 36 13 23 11.1 8.2 14.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 147 28 119 45.5 17.6 72.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 69 14 55 21.4 8.8 33.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 1.8
15-19 80 26 54 24.8 16.4 32.9
20-24 96 42 54 29.7 26.4 32.9
25-29 73 49 24 22.6 30.8 14.6
30-34 50 30 20 15.5 18.9 12.2
35-39 17 10 7 5.3 6.3 4.3
40-44 4 2 2 1.2 1.2 1.2
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 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 1.8
15-19 66 14 52 20.4 8.8 31.7
20-24 48 8 40 14.9 5.0 24.4
25-29 16 4 12 5.0 2.5 7.3
30-34 11 2 9 3.4 1.2 5.5
35-39 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 1.8
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 1 1 0.6 0.6 0.6
7-9 YEARS 47 14 33 14.6 8.8 20.1
10, 11 YEARS 62 18 44 19.2 11.3 26.8
12 YEARS 101 48 53 31.3 30.2 32.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 66 43 23 20.4 27.0 14.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 45 35 10 13.9 22.0 6.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 2 4 1.8 1.2 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 264 148 116 81.7 93.1 70.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 48 9 39 14.9 5.7 23.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 0 4 1.2 0.0 2.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
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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.
