SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MONROE 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 493 315 178 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 254 169 85 51.5 53.6 47.8
FEMALES 239 146 93 48.5 46.3 52.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 95 46 49 19.3 14.6 27.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 68 30 38 13.8 9.5 21.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 45 21 24 9.1 6.7 13.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 188 57 131 38.1 18.1 73.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 67 21 46 13.6 6.7 25.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.6 0.3 1.1
15-19 92 45 47 18.7 14.3 26.4
20-24 155 97 58 31.4 30.8 32.6
25-29 139 99 40 28.2 31.4 22.5
30-34 73 53 20 14.8 16.8 11.2
35-39 24 17 7 4.9 5.4 3.9
40-44 7 3 4 1.4 1.0 2.2
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 3 1 2 0.6 0.3 1.1
15-19 64 20 44 13.0 6.3 24.7
20-24 61 20 41 12.4 6.3 23.0
25-29 40 14 26 8.1 4.4 14.6
30-34 15 2 13 3.0 0.6 7.3
35-39 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 1.1
40-44 3 0 3 0.6 0.0 1.7
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 2 0 0.4 0.6 0.0
7-9 YEARS 53 35 18 10.8 11.1 10.1
10, 11 YEARS 86 42 44 17.4 13.3 24.7
12 YEARS 188 122 66 38.1 38.7 37.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 113 74 39 22.9 23.5 21.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 51 40 11 10.3 12.7 6.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 3 5 1.6 1.0 2.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 360 252 108 73.0 80.0 60.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 112 55 57 22.7 17.5 32.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 3 7 2.0 1.0 3.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.6 0.6 0.6
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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.
