SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEFLORE 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 691 137 554 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 353 69 284 51.1 50.4 51.3
FEMALES 338 68 270 48.9 49.6 48.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 223 27 196 32.3 19.7 35.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 106 8 98 15.3 5.8 17.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 68 6 62 9.8 4.4 11.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 499 28 471 72.2 20.4 85.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 207 11 196 30.0 8.0 35.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 11 0 11 1.6 0.0 2.0
15-19 212 27 185 30.7 19.7 33.4
20-24 240 43 197 34.7 31.4 35.6
25-29 116 34 82 16.8 24.8 14.8
30-34 72 25 47 10.4 18.2 8.5
35-39 30 7 23 4.3 5.1 4.2
40-44 10 1 9 1.4 0.7 1.6
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 11 0 11 1.6 0.0 2.0
15-19 196 11 185 28.4 8.0 33.4
20-24 194 12 182 28.1 8.8 32.8
25-29 56 3 53 8.1 2.2 9.6
30-34 27 1 26 3.9 0.7 4.7
35-39 11 0 11 1.6 0.0 2.0
40-44 4 1 3 0.6 0.7 0.5
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 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
7-9 YEARS 112 15 97 16.2 10.9 17.5
10, 11 YEARS 176 23 153 25.5 16.8 27.6
12 YEARS 210 30 180 30.4 21.9 32.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 108 25 83 15.6 18.2 15.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 81 44 37 11.7 32.1 6.7
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.4 0.0 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 23 1 22 3.3 0.7 4.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 355 108 247 51.4 78.8 44.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 254 27 227 36.8 19.7 41.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 44 0 44 6.4 0.0 7.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 15 1 14 2.2 0.7 2.5
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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.
