SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEE 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 1,123 779 344 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 572 396 176 50.9 50.8 51.2
FEMALES 551 383 168 49.1 49.2 48.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 206 105 101 18.3 13.5 29.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 137 73 64 12.2 9.4 18.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 99 50 49 8.8 6.4 14.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 390 145 245 34.7 18.6 71.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 161 63 98 14.3 8.1 28.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 0 6 0.5 0.0 1.7
15-19 200 105 95 17.8 13.5 27.6
20-24 316 201 115 28.1 25.8 33.4
25-29 315 240 75 28.0 30.8 21.8
30-34 207 169 38 18.4 21.7 11.0
35-39 69 56 13 6.1 7.2 3.8
40-44 10 8 2 0.9 1.0 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 6 0 6 0.5 0.0 1.7
15-19 155 63 92 13.8 8.1 26.7
20-24 121 40 81 10.8 5.1 23.5
25-29 71 26 45 6.3 3.3 13.1
30-34 26 12 14 2.3 1.5 4.1
35-39 8 2 6 0.7 0.2 1.7
40-44 3 2 1 0.3 0.2 0.3
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 1 0 0.1 0.1 0.0
1-6 YEARS 5 4 1 0.4 0.5 0.3
7-9 YEARS 115 72 43 10.2 9.2 12.5
10, 11 YEARS 190 99 91 16.9 12.7 26.4
12 YEARS 315 189 126 28.0 24.3 36.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 282 218 64 25.1 28.0 18.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 215 196 19 19.1 25.2 5.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 12 2 10 1.1 0.2 2.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 932 705 227 83.0 90.5 66.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 149 60 89 13.3 7.7 25.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 28 11 17 2.5 1.4 4.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.2 0.1 0.3
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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.
