SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PIKE 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 523 216 307 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 259 113 146 49.5 52.3 47.6
FEMALES 264 103 161 50.5 47.7 52.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 120 30 90 22.9 13.9 29.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 63 18 45 12.0 8.3 14.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 43 10 33 8.2 4.6 10.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 242 33 209 46.3 15.3 68.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 93 13 80 17.8 6.0 26.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.6 0.5 0.6
15-19 117 29 88 22.4 13.4 28.7
20-24 182 66 116 34.8 30.6 37.8
25-29 126 64 62 24.1 29.6 20.2
30-34 54 32 22 10.3 14.8 7.2
35-39 31 17 14 5.9 7.9 4.6
40-44 9 6 3 1.7 2.8 1.0
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.2 0.5 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.6 0.5 0.6
15-19 90 12 78 17.2 5.6 25.4
20-24 91 12 79 17.4 5.6 25.7
25-29 39 4 35 7.4 1.8 11.4
30-34 13 4 9 2.5 1.8 2.9
35-39 5 0 5 1.0 0.0 1.6
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 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 6 3 3 1.1 1.4 1.0
7-9 YEARS 53 17 36 10.1 7.9 11.7
10, 11 YEARS 77 21 56 14.7 9.7 18.2
12 YEARS 192 61 131 36.7 28.2 42.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 136 69 67 26.0 31.9 21.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 59 45 14 11.3 20.8 4.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 0 3 0.6 0.0 1.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 382 182 200 73.0 84.2 65.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 112 30 82 21.4 13.9 26.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 25 4 21 4.8 1.8 6.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.3
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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.
