SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE 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 1,151 578 573 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 598 303 295 52.0 52.4 51.5
FEMALES 553 275 278 48.0 47.6 48.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 226 64 162 19.6 11.1 28.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 125 40 85 10.9 6.9 14.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 78 25 53 6.8 4.3 9.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 518 97 421 45.0 16.8 73.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 191 33 158 16.6 5.7 27.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 10 0 10 0.9 0.0 1.7
15-19 216 64 152 18.8 11.1 26.5
20-24 351 150 201 30.5 26.0 35.1
25-29 318 194 124 27.6 33.6 21.6
30-34 182 121 61 15.8 20.9 10.6
35-39 62 39 23 5.4 6.7 4.0
40-44 12 10 2 1.0 1.7 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 10 0 10 0.9 0.0 1.7
15-19 181 33 148 15.7 5.7 25.8
20-24 187 29 158 16.2 5.0 27.6
25-29 89 20 69 7.7 3.5 12.0
30-34 35 11 24 3.0 1.9 4.2
35-39 15 3 12 1.3 0.5 2.1
40-44 1 1 0 0.1 0.2 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 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
1-6 YEARS 3 1 2 0.3 0.2 0.3
7-9 YEARS 104 38 66 9.0 6.6 11.5
10, 11 YEARS 175 54 121 15.2 9.3 21.1
12 YEARS 359 159 200 31.2 27.5 34.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 346 197 149 30.1 34.1 26.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 162 129 33 14.1 22.3 5.8
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 11 1 10 1.0 0.2 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 908 506 402 78.9 87.5 70.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 202 63 139 17.6 10.9 24.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 26 7 19 2.2 1.2 3.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 1 3 0.3 0.2 0.5
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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.
