SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 474 433 41 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 257 238 19 54.2 55.0 46.3
FEMALES 217 195 22 45.8 45.0 53.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 101 90 11 21.3 20.8 26.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 52 44 8 11.0 10.2 19.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 35 32 3 7.4 7.4 7.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 178 156 22 37.6 36.0 53.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 76 65 11 16.0 15.0 26.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
15-19 99 88 11 20.9 20.3 26.8
20-24 140 128 12 29.5 29.6 29.3
25-29 111 104 7 23.4 24.0 17.1
30-34 82 74 8 17.3 17.1 19.5
35-39 36 33 3 7.6 7.6 7.3
40-44 4 4 0 0.8 0.9 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 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
15-19 74 63 11 15.6 14.6 26.8
20-24 55 50 5 11.6 11.5 12.2
25-29 28 25 3 5.9 5.8 7.3
30-34 10 7 3 2.1 1.6 7.3
35-39 8 8 0 1.7 1.8 0.0
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 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 4 3 1 0.8 0.7 2.4
7-9 YEARS 47 45 2 9.9 10.4 4.9
10, 11 YEARS 80 70 10 16.9 16.2 24.4
12 YEARS 166 150 16 35.0 34.6 39.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 106 96 10 22.4 22.2 24.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 70 68 2 14.8 15.7 4.9
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 2 1 0.6 0.5 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 371 344 27 78.3 79.4 65.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 84 72 12 17.7 16.6 29.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 15 15 0 3.2 3.5 0.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 2.4
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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.
