SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE 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 190 120 70 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 105 70 35 55.3 58.3 50.0
FEMALES 85 50 35 44.7 41.7 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 38 17 21 20.0 14.2 30.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 31 16 15 16.3 13.3 21.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 16 12 4 8.4 10.0 5.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 60 15 45 31.6 12.5 64.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 26 7 19 13.7 5.8 27.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.4
15-19 37 17 20 19.5 14.2 28.6
20-24 58 36 22 30.5 30.0 31.4
25-29 49 38 11 25.8 31.7 15.7
30-34 34 24 10 17.9 20.0 14.3
35-39 11 5 6 5.8 4.2 8.6
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
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.4
15-19 25 7 18 13.2 5.8 25.7
20-24 20 3 17 10.5 2.5 24.3
25-29 4 2 2 2.1 1.7 2.8
30-34 8 3 5 4.2 2.5 7.1
35-39 2 0 2 1.0 0.0 2.8
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 12 6 6 6.3 5.0 8.6
10, 11 YEARS 40 16 24 21.0 13.3 34.3
12 YEARS 62 38 24 32.6 31.7 34.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 46 35 11 24.2 29.2 15.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 30 25 5 15.8 20.8 7.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 1.0 0.0 2.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 159 114 45 83.7 95.0 64.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 24 6 18 12.6 5.0 25.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 0 4 2.1 0.0 5.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.4
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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.
