SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JACKSON 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 1,724 1,227 497 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 850 602 248 49.3 49.1 49.9
FEMALES 874 625 249 50.7 50.9 50.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 354 221 133 20.5 18.0 26.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 228 139 89 13.2 11.3 17.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 158 98 60 9.2 8.0 12.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 671 305 366 38.9 24.8 73.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 271 146 125 15.7 11.9 25.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 2 3 0.3 0.2 0.6
15-19 349 219 130 20.2 17.8 26.2
20-24 568 360 208 32.9 29.3 41.8
25-29 419 336 83 24.3 27.4 16.7
30-34 248 201 47 14.4 16.4 9.4
35-39 121 100 21 7.0 8.2 4.2
40-44 11 6 5 0.6 0.5 1.0
45 AND OVER 2 2 0 0.1 0.2 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 # 0.1 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 1 3 0.2 0.1 0.6
15-19 267 145 122 15.5 11.8 24.5
20-24 263 96 167 15.2 7.8 33.6
25-29 82 39 43 4.8 3.2 8.6
30-34 38 15 23 2.2 1.2 4.6
35-39 15 9 6 0.9 0.7 1.2
40-44 2 0 2 0.1 0.0 0.4
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 1 1 0 # 0.1 0.0
7-9 YEARS 132 106 26 7.6 8.6 5.2
10, 11 YEARS 282 161 121 16.4 13.1 24.3
12 YEARS 642 441 201 37.2 35.9 40.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 441 319 122 25.6 26.0 24.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 221 196 25 12.8 16.0 5.0
UNKNOWN 5 3 2 0.3 0.2 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 48 16 32 2.8 1.3 6.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,322 1,015 307 76.7 82.7 61.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 291 150 141 16.9 12.2 28.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 55 41 14 3.2 3.3 2.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 8 5 3 0.5 0.4 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.
