SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY 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 121 33 88 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 65 22 43 53.7 66.7 48.9
FEMALES 56 11 45 46.3 33.3 51.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 31 2 29 25.6 6.1 33.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 26 8 18 21.5 24.2 20.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 19 7 12 15.7 21.2 13.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 78 4 74 64.5 12.1 84.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 30 1 29 24.8 3.0 33.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 31 2 29 25.6 6.1 33.0
20-24 28 6 22 23.1 18.2 25.0
25-29 37 10 27 30.6 30.3 30.7
30-34 18 12 6 14.9 36.4 6.8
35-39 6 3 3 5.0 9.1 3.4
40-44 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.1
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 1 29 24.8 3.0 33.0
20-24 21 1 20 17.4 3.0 22.7
25-29 20 1 19 16.5 3.0 21.6
30-34 5 1 4 4.1 3.0 4.5
35-39 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.1
40-44 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.1
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 12 2 10 9.9 6.1 11.4
10, 11 YEARS 26 3 23 21.5 9.1 26.1
12 YEARS 54 10 44 44.6 30.3 50.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 17 11 6 14.0 33.3 6.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 12 7 5 9.9 21.2 5.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 3.3 0.0 4.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 76 26 50 62.8 78.8 56.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 30 6 24 24.8 18.2 27.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 0 6 5.0 0.0 6.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 1 4 4.1 3.0 4.5
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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.
