SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 1,030 481 549 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 526 241 285 51.1 50.1 51.9
FEMALES 504 240 264 48.9 49.9 48.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 196 45 151 19.0 9.4 27.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 132 41 91 12.8 8.5 16.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 89 26 63 8.6 5.4 11.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 458 74 384 44.5 15.4 69.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 170 26 144 16.5 5.4 26.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 8 0 8 0.8 0.0 1.4
15-19 188 45 143 18.2 9.4 26.0
20-24 329 147 182 31.9 30.6 33.2
25-29 276 162 114 26.8 33.7 20.8
30-34 158 89 69 15.3 18.5 12.6
35-39 64 35 29 6.2 7.3 5.3
40-44 6 2 4 0.6 0.4 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.1 0.2 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 8 0 8 0.8 0.0 1.4
15-19 162 26 136 15.7 5.4 24.8
20-24 161 29 132 15.6 6.0 24.0
25-29 81 15 66 7.9 3.1 12.0
30-34 29 2 27 2.8 0.4 4.9
35-39 15 2 13 1.4 0.4 2.4
40-44 2 0 2 0.2 0.0 0.4
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 1 0 0.1 0.2 0.0
7-9 YEARS 95 28 67 9.2 5.8 12.2
10, 11 YEARS 132 36 96 12.8 7.5 17.5
12 YEARS 344 131 213 33.4 27.2 38.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 258 135 123 25.0 28.1 22.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 199 150 49 19.3 31.2 8.9
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 15 1 14 1.4 0.2 2.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 810 428 382 78.6 89.0 69.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 186 46 140 18.0 9.6 25.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 18 6 12 1.7 1.2 2.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
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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.
