SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 409 46 363 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 200 24 176 48.9 52.2 48.5
FEMALES 209 22 187 51.1 47.8 51.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 100 5 95 24.4 10.9 26.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 80 7 73 19.6 15.2 20.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 46 2 44 11.2 4.3 12.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 293 6 287 71.6 13.0 79.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 91 0 91 22.2 0.0 25.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 2.2 0.0 2.5
15-19 91 5 86 22.2 10.9 23.7
20-24 138 11 127 33.7 23.9 35.0
25-29 94 17 77 23.0 37.0 21.2
30-34 58 11 47 14.2 23.9 12.9
35-39 16 2 14 3.9 4.3 3.8
40-44 3 0 3 0.7 0.0 0.8
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 9 0 9 2.2 0.0 2.5
15-19 82 0 82 20.0 0.0 22.6
20-24 116 3 113 28.4 6.5 31.1
25-29 50 1 49 12.2 2.2 13.5
30-34 27 2 25 6.6 4.3 6.9
35-39 8 0 8 2.0 0.0 2.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.3
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 0 6 1.5 0.0 1.6
7-9 YEARS 45 4 41 11.0 8.7 11.3
10, 11 YEARS 79 2 77 19.3 4.3 21.2
12 YEARS 161 14 147 39.4 30.4 40.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 88 17 71 21.5 37.0 19.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 30 9 21 7.3 19.6 5.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 0 9 2.2 0.0 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 276 41 235 67.5 89.1 64.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 104 4 100 25.4 8.7 27.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 17 1 16 4.2 2.2 4.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 0.7 0.0 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.
