SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SIMPSON 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 355 177 178 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 188 99 89 53.0 55.9 50.0
FEMALES 167 78 89 47.0 44.1 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 77 31 46 21.7 17.5 25.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 61 24 37 17.2 13.6 20.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 36 17 19 10.1 9.6 10.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 152 28 124 42.8 15.8 69.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 11 44 15.5 6.2 24.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
15-19 76 31 45 21.4 17.5 25.3
20-24 129 59 70 36.3 33.3 39.3
25-29 80 48 32 22.5 27.1 18.0
30-34 40 25 15 11.3 14.1 8.4
35-39 24 11 13 6.8 6.2 7.3
40-44 5 3 2 1.4 1.7 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 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
15-19 54 11 43 15.2 6.2 24.2
20-24 57 10 47 16.0 5.6 26.4
25-29 23 5 18 6.5 2.8 10.1
30-34 6 1 5 1.7 0.6 2.8
35-39 9 1 8 2.5 0.6 4.5
40-44 2 0 2 0.6 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 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
1-6 YEARS 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.1
7-9 YEARS 37 19 18 10.4 10.7 10.1
10, 11 YEARS 56 28 28 15.8 15.8 15.7
12 YEARS 124 54 70 34.9 30.5 39.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 112 59 53 31.5 33.3 29.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 23 17 6 6.5 9.6 3.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 3 2 1.4 1.7 1.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 273 151 122 76.9 85.3 68.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 64 20 44 18.0 11.3 24.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 3 9 3.4 1.7 5.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
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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.
