SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JASPER 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 293 101 192 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 148 51 97 50.5 50.5 50.5
FEMALES 145 50 95 49.5 49.5 49.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 65 10 55 22.2 9.9 28.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 35 9 26 11.9 8.9 13.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 32 9 23 10.9 8.9 12.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 151 15 136 51.5 14.8 70.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 1 54 18.8 1.0 28.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.5
15-19 64 10 54 21.8 9.9 28.1
20-24 91 25 66 31.0 24.8 34.4
25-29 78 42 36 26.6 41.6 18.8
30-34 41 16 25 14.0 15.8 13.0
35-39 17 8 9 5.8 7.9 4.7
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.5
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 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.5
15-19 54 1 53 18.4 1.0 27.6
20-24 57 5 52 19.4 5.0 27.1
25-29 22 4 18 7.5 4.0 9.4
30-34 12 4 8 4.1 4.0 4.2
35-39 5 1 4 1.7 1.0 2.1
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 2 0 2 0.7 0.0 1.0
7-9 YEARS 21 7 14 7.2 6.9 7.3
10, 11 YEARS 49 8 41 16.7 7.9 21.4
12 YEARS 113 31 82 38.6 30.7 42.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 90 43 47 30.7 42.6 24.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 18 12 6 6.1 11.9 3.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 237 94 143 80.9 93.1 74.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 50 7 43 17.1 6.9 22.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 0 5 1.7 0.0 2.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.5
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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.
