SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LINCOLN 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 434 277 157 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 223 141 82 51.4 50.9 52.2
FEMALES 211 136 75 48.6 49.1 47.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 85 43 42 19.6 15.5 26.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 56 27 29 12.9 9.7 18.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 34 14 20 7.8 5.0 12.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 148 30 118 34.1 10.8 75.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 52 11 41 12.0 4.0 26.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.9 0.0 2.5
15-19 81 43 38 18.7 15.5 24.2
20-24 138 87 51 31.8 31.4 32.5
25-29 108 74 34 24.9 26.7 21.6
30-34 78 57 21 18.0 20.6 13.4
35-39 21 13 8 4.8 4.7 5.1
40-44 4 3 1 0.9 1.1 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 4 0 4 0.9 0.0 2.5
15-19 48 11 37 11.1 4.0 23.6
20-24 54 12 42 12.4 4.3 26.8
25-29 22 4 18 5.1 1.4 11.5
30-34 13 1 12 3.0 0.4 7.6
35-39 5 1 4 1.2 0.4 2.5
40-44 2 1 1 0.5 0.4 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 4 2 2 0.9 0.7 1.3
7-9 YEARS 31 18 13 7.1 6.5 8.3
10, 11 YEARS 51 20 31 11.8 7.2 19.7
12 YEARS 153 95 58 35.2 34.3 36.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 128 87 41 29.5 31.4 26.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 66 55 11 15.2 19.8 7.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 2 2 0.9 0.7 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 342 242 100 78.8 87.4 63.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 72 28 44 16.6 10.1 28.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 16 5 11 3.7 1.8 7.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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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.
