SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HARRISON 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 2,719 1,884 835 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,436 1,014 422 52.8 53.8 50.5
FEMALES 1,283 870 413 47.2 46.2 49.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 490 282 208 18.0 15.0 24.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 363 204 159 13.4 10.8 19.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 233 125 108 8.6 6.6 12.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,023 488 535 37.6 25.9 64.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 372 172 200 13.7 9.1 24.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 13 2 11 0.5 0.1 1.3
15-19 477 280 197 17.5 14.9 23.6
20-24 892 602 290 32.8 32.0 34.7
25-29 696 517 179 25.6 27.4 21.4
30-34 420 325 95 15.4 17.2 11.4
35-39 184 133 51 6.8 7.0 6.1
40-44 34 23 11 1.2 1.2 1.3
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.1 0.1 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 13 2 11 0.5 0.1 1.3
15-19 359 170 189 13.2 9.0 22.6
20-24 377 180 197 13.9 9.6 23.6
25-29 166 81 85 6.1 4.3 10.2
30-34 68 36 32 2.5 1.9 3.8
35-39 34 16 18 1.2 0.8 2.2
40-44 5 2 3 0.2 0.1 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 # # 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 2 0 2 0.1 0.0 0.2
1-6 YEARS 22 8 14 0.8 0.4 1.7
7-9 YEARS 251 155 96 9.2 8.2 11.5
10, 11 YEARS 396 230 166 14.6 12.2 19.9
12 YEARS 888 606 282 32.6 32.2 33.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 776 569 207 28.5 30.2 24.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 371 310 61 13.6 16.4 7.3
UNKNOWN 13 6 7 0.5 0.3 0.8
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 56 20 36 2.1 1.1 4.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,877 1,460 417 69.0 77.5 49.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 596 308 288 21.9 16.3 34.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 177 90 87 6.5 4.8 10.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 13 6 7 0.5 0.3 0.8
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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.
