SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 378 230 148 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 199 112 87 52.6 48.7 58.8
FEMALES 179 118 61 47.4 51.3 41.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 57 23 34 15.1 10.0 23.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 51 23 28 13.5 10.0 18.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 36 14 22 9.5 6.1 14.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 133 28 105 35.2 12.2 70.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 12 34 12.2 5.2 23.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.8 0.4 1.4
15-19 54 22 32 14.3 9.6 21.6
20-24 114 44 70 30.2 19.1 47.3
25-29 108 80 28 28.6 34.8 18.9
30-34 67 59 8 17.7 25.6 5.4
35-39 30 22 8 7.9 9.6 5.4
40-44 2 2 0 0.5 0.9 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 3 1 2 0.8 0.4 1.4
15-19 43 11 32 11.4 4.8 21.6
20-24 62 7 55 16.4 3.0 37.2
25-29 14 5 9 3.7 2.2 6.1
30-34 5 3 2 1.3 1.3 1.4
35-39 6 1 5 1.6 0.4 3.4
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 4 2 2 1.0 0.9 1.4
7-9 YEARS 22 10 12 5.8 4.3 8.1
10, 11 YEARS 38 15 23 10.0 6.5 15.5
12 YEARS 99 47 52 26.2 20.4 35.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 100 60 40 26.4 26.1 27.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 115 96 19 30.4 41.7 12.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 1.0 0.0 2.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 319 214 105 84.4 93.0 70.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 49 14 35 13.0 6.1 23.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 2 4 1.6 0.9 2.7
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.
