SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY 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 198 83 115 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 96 36 60 48.5 43.4 52.2
FEMALES 102 47 55 51.5 56.6 47.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 57 11 46 28.8 13.2 40.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 34 11 23 17.2 13.2 20.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 22 9 13 11.1 10.8 11.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 103 10 93 52.0 12.0 80.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 4 44 24.2 4.8 38.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 1.5 0.0 2.6
15-19 54 11 43 27.3 13.2 37.4
20-24 63 28 35 31.8 33.7 30.4
25-29 39 19 20 19.7 22.9 17.4
30-34 24 17 7 12.1 20.5 6.1
35-39 12 5 7 6.1 6.0 6.1
40-44 3 3 0 1.5 3.6 0.0
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 0 3 1.5 0.0 2.6
15-19 45 4 41 22.7 4.8 35.6
20-24 35 6 29 17.7 7.2 25.2
25-29 12 0 12 6.1 0.0 10.4
30-34 4 0 4 2.0 0.0 3.5
35-39 4 0 4 2.0 0.0 3.5
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 2 1 1 1.0 1.2 0.9
7-9 YEARS 29 7 22 14.6 8.4 19.1
10, 11 YEARS 37 10 27 18.7 12.0 23.5
12 YEARS 66 26 40 33.3 31.3 34.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 41 21 20 20.7 25.3 17.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 23 18 5 11.6 21.7 4.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 163 77 86 82.3 92.8 74.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 30 5 25 15.2 6.0 21.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 1 3 2.0 1.2 2.6
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.
