SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ITAWAMBA 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 248 227 21 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 136 126 10 54.8 55.5 47.6
FEMALES 112 101 11 45.2 44.5 52.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 35 28 7 14.1 12.3 33.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 27 21 6 10.9 9.2 28.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 17 14 3 6.8 6.2 14.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 47 31 16 19.0 13.6 76.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 15 9 6 6.0 4.0 28.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 35 28 7 14.1 12.3 33.3
20-24 92 82 10 37.1 36.1 47.6
25-29 73 71 2 29.4 31.3 9.5
30-34 31 30 1 12.5 13.2 4.8
35-39 14 13 1 5.6 5.7 4.8
40-44 3 3 0 1.2 1.3 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 15 9 6 6.0 4.0 28.6
20-24 22 15 7 8.9 6.6 33.3
25-29 7 5 2 2.8 2.2 9.5
30-34 1 1 0 0.4 0.4 0.0
35-39 2 1 1 0.8 0.4 4.8
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 3 3 0 1.2 1.3 0.0
7-9 YEARS 20 20 0 8.1 8.8 0.0
10, 11 YEARS 40 37 3 16.1 16.3 14.3
12 YEARS 86 78 8 34.7 34.4 38.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 77 67 10 31.0 29.5 47.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 22 22 0 8.9 9.7 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 1 0 0.4 0.4 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 218 201 17 87.9 88.5 81.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 24 21 3 9.7 9.2 14.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 4 1 2.0 1.8 4.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 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.
