SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MARSHALL 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 520 204 316 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 265 111 154 51.0 54.4 48.7
FEMALES 255 93 162 49.0 45.6 51.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 134 45 89 25.8 22.0 28.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 84 22 62 16.2 10.8 19.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 60 18 42 11.5 8.8 13.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 288 64 224 55.4 31.4 70.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 115 27 88 22.1 13.2 27.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 0.6
15-19 132 45 87 25.4 22.0 27.5
20-24 179 72 107 34.4 35.3 33.9
25-29 116 55 61 22.3 27.0 19.3
30-34 53 17 36 10.2 8.3 11.4
35-39 30 10 20 5.8 4.9 6.3
40-44 6 4 2 1.2 2.0 0.6
45 AND OVER 2 1 1 0.4 0.5 0.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 0.6
15-19 113 27 86 21.7 13.2 27.2
20-24 103 19 84 19.8 9.3 26.6
25-29 45 11 34 8.6 5.4 10.8
30-34 10 2 8 1.9 1.0 2.5
35-39 13 4 9 2.5 2.0 2.8
40-44 2 1 1 0.4 0.5 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 2 1 1 0.4 0.5 0.3
7-9 YEARS 56 33 23 10.8 16.2 7.3
10, 11 YEARS 107 43 64 20.6 21.1 20.2
12 YEARS 218 81 137 41.9 39.7 43.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 99 28 71 19.0 13.7 22.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 37 18 19 7.1 8.8 6.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 1 7 1.5 0.5 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 380 176 204 73.1 86.3 64.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 107 24 83 20.6 11.8 26.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 18 3 15 3.5 1.5 4.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 0 7 1.3 0.0 2.2
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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.
