SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS 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 205 58 147 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 115 34 81 56.1 58.6 55.1
FEMALES 90 24 66 43.9 41.4 44.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 53 5 48 25.8 8.6 32.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 35 9 26 17.1 15.5 17.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 20 5 15 9.8 8.6 10.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 119 10 109 58.0 17.2 74.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 3 48 24.9 5.2 32.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 2.0 0.0 2.7
15-19 49 5 44 23.9 8.6 29.9
20-24 65 20 45 31.7 34.5 30.6
25-29 48 23 25 23.4 39.6 17.0
30-34 19 5 14 9.3 8.6 9.5
35-39 19 5 14 9.3 8.6 9.5
40-44 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.7
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 4 0 4 2.0 0.0 2.7
15-19 47 3 44 22.9 5.2 29.9
20-24 36 4 32 17.6 6.9 21.8
25-29 17 3 14 8.3 5.2 9.5
30-34 8 0 8 3.9 0.0 5.4
35-39 7 0 7 3.4 0.0 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 1 1 0 0.5 1.7 0.0
7-9 YEARS 13 2 11 6.3 3.4 7.5
10, 11 YEARS 35 8 27 17.1 13.8 18.4
12 YEARS 79 17 62 38.5 29.3 42.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 60 22 38 29.3 37.9 25.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 17 8 9 8.3 13.8 6.1
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 159 54 105 77.6 93.1 71.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 37 4 33 18.0 6.9 22.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 0 7 3.4 0.0 4.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 1.0 0.0 1.4
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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.
