SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 493 413 80 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 258 211 47 52.3 51.1 58.8
FEMALES 235 202 33 47.7 48.9 41.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 65 51 14 13.2 12.3 17.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 51 40 11 10.3 9.7 13.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 30 25 5 6.1 6.0 6.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 121 68 53 24.5 16.5 66.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 25 14 7.9 6.0 17.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
15-19 64 50 14 13.0 12.1 17.5
20-24 147 115 32 29.8 27.8 40.0
25-29 152 132 20 30.8 32.0 25.0
30-34 87 79 8 17.6 19.1 10.0
35-39 38 33 5 7.7 8.0 6.2
40-44 4 3 1 0.8 0.7 1.2
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 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
15-19 38 24 14 7.7 5.8 17.5
20-24 51 28 23 10.3 6.8 28.8
25-29 21 10 11 4.3 2.4 13.8
30-34 7 4 3 1.4 1.0 3.8
35-39 3 1 2 0.6 0.2 2.5
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 3 3 0 0.6 0.7 0.0
7-9 YEARS 40 35 5 8.1 8.5 6.2
10, 11 YEARS 43 33 10 8.7 8.0 12.5
12 YEARS 134 111 23 27.2 26.9 28.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 150 116 34 30.4 28.1 42.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 123 115 8 24.9 27.8 10.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 450 382 68 91.3 92.5 85.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 36 27 9 7.3 6.5 11.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 2 3 1.0 0.5 3.8
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.
