SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON 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 140 11 129 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 71 5 66 50.7 45.4 51.2
FEMALES 69 6 63 49.3 54.5 48.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 38 2 36 27.1 18.2 27.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 20 1 19 14.3 9.1 14.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 18 1 17 12.8 9.1 13.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 108 3 105 77.1 27.3 81.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 1 35 25.7 9.1 27.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.7 0.0 0.8
15-19 37 2 35 26.4 18.2 27.1
20-24 51 4 47 36.4 36.4 36.4
25-29 27 3 24 19.3 27.3 18.6
30-34 17 1 16 12.1 9.1 12.4
35-39 7 1 6 5.0 9.1 4.6
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
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.7 0.0 0.8
15-19 35 1 34 25.0 9.1 26.4
20-24 42 1 41 30.0 9.1 31.8
25-29 16 1 15 11.4 9.1 11.6
30-34 11 0 11 7.8 0.0 8.5
35-39 3 0 3 2.1 0.0 2.3
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 1 0 1 0.7 0.0 0.8
7-9 YEARS 11 2 9 7.8 18.2 7.0
10, 11 YEARS 25 0 25 17.8 0.0 19.4
12 YEARS 58 6 52 41.4 54.5 40.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 32 3 29 22.8 27.3 22.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 0 13 9.3 0.0 10.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.7 0.0 0.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 92 9 83 65.7 81.8 64.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 41 2 39 29.3 18.2 30.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 0 6 4.3 0.0 4.6
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.
