SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 135 44 91 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 65 20 45 48.1 45.4 49.4
FEMALES 70 24 46 51.8 54.5 50.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 26 5 21 19.2 11.4 23.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 23 2 21 17.0 4.5 23.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 17 0 17 12.6 0.0 18.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 76 6 70 56.3 13.6 76.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 22 1 21 16.3 2.3 23.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 2.2 0.0 3.3
15-19 23 5 18 17.0 11.4 19.8
20-24 59 19 40 43.7 43.2 44.0
25-29 25 11 14 18.5 25.0 15.4
30-34 18 7 11 13.3 15.9 12.1
35-39 5 1 4 3.7 2.3 4.4
40-44 2 1 1 1.5 2.3 1.1
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 3 0 3 2.2 0.0 3.3
15-19 19 1 18 14.1 2.3 19.8
20-24 38 4 34 28.1 9.1 37.4
25-29 11 1 10 8.1 2.3 11.0
30-34 5 0 5 3.7 0.0 5.5
35-39 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 1 1 1.5 2.3 1.1
7-9 YEARS 7 1 6 5.2 2.3 6.6
10, 11 YEARS 23 2 21 17.0 4.5 23.1
12 YEARS 48 13 35 35.6 29.5 38.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 42 16 26 31.1 36.4 28.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 11 2 9.6 25.0 2.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 1.5 0.0 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 111 40 71 82.2 90.9 78.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 21 3 18 15.6 6.8 19.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 1 1 0 0.7 2.3 0.0
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.
