SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEAKE 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 291 132 159 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 148 59 89 50.8 44.7 56.0
FEMALES 143 73 70 49.1 55.3 44.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 71 26 45 24.4 19.7 28.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 58 23 35 19.9 17.4 22.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 31 15 16 10.6 11.4 10.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 142 19 123 48.8 14.4 77.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 8 43 17.5 6.1 27.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 1.4 0.0 2.5
15-19 67 26 41 23.0 19.7 25.8
20-24 104 36 68 35.7 27.3 42.8
25-29 67 40 27 23.0 30.3 17.0
30-34 29 22 7 10.0 16.7 4.4
35-39 18 8 10 6.2 6.1 6.3
40-44 2 0 2 0.7 0.0 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 4 0 4 1.4 0.0 2.5
15-19 47 8 39 16.2 6.1 24.5
20-24 63 6 57 21.6 4.5 35.8
25-29 16 3 13 5.5 2.3 8.2
30-34 7 2 5 2.4 1.5 3.1
35-39 4 0 4 1.4 0.0 2.5
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
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 0.7 0.8 0.6
7-9 YEARS 29 9 20 10.0 6.8 12.6
10, 11 YEARS 51 19 32 17.5 14.4 20.1
12 YEARS 117 46 71 40.2 34.8 44.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 70 36 34 24.0 27.3 21.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 22 21 1 7.6 15.9 0.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 1.4 0.0 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 224 122 102 77.0 92.4 64.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 55 10 45 18.9 7.6 28.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 0 6 2.1 0.0 3.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.7 0.0 1.2
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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.
