SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF QUITMAN 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 32 153 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 92 14 78 49.7 43.8 51.0
FEMALES 93 18 75 50.3 56.2 49.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 56 3 53 30.3 9.4 34.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 29 3 26 15.7 9.4 17.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 16 1 15 8.6 3.1 9.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 134 4 130 72.4 12.5 85.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 52 2 50 28.1 6.2 32.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.6
15-19 55 3 52 29.7 9.4 34.0
20-24 74 12 62 40.0 37.5 40.5
25-29 33 9 24 17.8 28.1 15.7
30-34 16 6 10 8.6 18.8 6.5
35-39 5 1 4 2.7 3.1 2.6
40-44 1 1 0 0.5 3.1 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 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.6
15-19 51 2 49 27.6 6.2 32.0
20-24 60 2 58 32.4 6.2 37.9
25-29 15 0 15 8.1 0.0 9.8
30-34 6 0 6 3.2 0.0 3.9
35-39 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.6
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 5 1 4 2.7 3.1 2.6
7-9 YEARS 24 7 17 13.0 21.9 11.1
10, 11 YEARS 40 4 36 21.6 12.5 23.5
12 YEARS 69 7 62 37.3 21.9 40.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 34 6 28 18.4 18.8 18.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 7 6 7.0 21.9 3.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 133 32 101 71.9 100.0 66.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 44 0 44 23.8 0.0 28.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 0 4 2.2 0.0 2.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 1.6 0.0 2.0
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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.
