SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MARION 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 370 213 157 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 195 111 84 52.7 52.1 53.5
FEMALES 175 102 73 47.3 47.9 46.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 89 37 52 24.0 17.4 33.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 61 26 35 16.5 12.2 22.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 39 18 21 10.5 8.4 13.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 157 42 115 42.4 19.7 73.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 59 11 48 15.9 5.2 30.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.8 0.5 1.3
15-19 86 36 50 23.2 16.9 31.8
20-24 131 74 57 35.4 34.7 36.3
25-29 85 55 30 23.0 25.8 19.1
30-34 49 37 12 13.2 17.4 7.6
35-39 15 10 5 4.0 4.7 3.2
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
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 1.3
15-19 57 11 46 15.4 5.2 29.3
20-24 65 20 45 17.6 9.4 28.7
25-29 25 8 17 6.8 3.8 10.8
30-34 7 3 4 1.9 1.4 2.5
35-39 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 0.3 0.5 0.0
7-9 YEARS 38 30 8 10.3 14.1 5.1
10, 11 YEARS 59 29 30 15.9 13.6 19.1
12 YEARS 139 62 77 37.6 29.1 49.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 101 64 37 27.3 30.0 23.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 31 27 4 8.4 12.7 2.5
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 1 2 0.8 0.5 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 315 200 115 85.1 93.9 73.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 44 10 34 11.9 4.7 21.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 2 6 2.2 0.9 3.8
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.
