SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 185 121 64 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 101 66 35 54.6 54.5 54.7
FEMALES 84 55 29 45.4 45.4 45.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 47 25 22 25.4 20.7 34.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 32 11 21 17.3 9.1 32.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 20 9 11 10.8 7.4 17.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 71 17 54 38.4 14.0 84.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 30 8 22 16.2 6.6 34.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 47 25 22 25.4 20.7 34.4
20-24 81 50 31 43.8 41.3 48.4
25-29 28 23 5 15.1 19.0 7.8
30-34 21 16 5 11.4 13.2 7.8
35-39 7 6 1 3.8 5.0 1.6
40-44 1 1 0 0.5 0.8 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 30 8 22 16.2 6.6 34.4
20-24 33 6 27 17.8 5.0 42.2
25-29 5 2 3 2.7 1.6 4.7
30-34 3 1 2 1.6 0.8 3.1
35-39 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 13 7 6 7.0 5.8 9.4
10, 11 YEARS 35 17 18 18.9 14.0 28.1
12 YEARS 76 53 23 41.1 43.8 35.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 48 33 15 25.9 27.3 23.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 11 2 7.0 9.1 3.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 154 109 45 83.2 90.1 70.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 27 11 16 14.6 9.1 25.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 1 2 1.6 0.8 3.1
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.
