SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JONES 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 850 530 320 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 459 286 173 54.0 54.0 54.1
FEMALES 391 244 147 46.0 46.0 45.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 183 87 96 21.5 16.4 30.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 97 44 53 11.4 8.3 16.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 86 35 51 10.1 6.6 15.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 320 78 242 37.6 14.7 75.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 131 39 92 15.4 7.4 28.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 1 3 0.5 0.2 0.9
15-19 179 86 93 21.0 16.2 29.1
20-24 273 158 115 32.1 29.8 35.9
25-29 229 170 59 26.9 32.1 18.4
30-34 113 81 32 13.3 15.3 10.0
35-39 44 27 17 5.2 5.1 5.3
40-44 8 7 1 0.9 1.3 0.3
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 1 3 0.5 0.2 0.9
15-19 127 38 89 14.9 7.2 27.8
20-24 109 19 90 12.8 3.6 28.1
25-29 53 14 39 6.2 2.6 12.2
30-34 15 3 12 1.8 0.6 3.8
35-39 11 3 8 1.3 0.6 2.5
40-44 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.3
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 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.3
1-6 YEARS 5 3 2 0.6 0.6 0.6
7-9 YEARS 74 46 28 8.7 8.7 8.8
10, 11 YEARS 155 77 78 18.2 14.5 24.4
12 YEARS 299 180 119 35.2 34.0 37.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 209 130 79 24.6 24.5 24.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 106 94 12 12.5 17.7 3.8
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 1 8 1.0 0.2 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 709 479 230 83.4 90.4 71.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 104 41 63 12.2 7.7 19.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 21 8 13 2.5 1.5 4.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 1 6 0.8 0.2 1.9
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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.
