SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SMITH 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 210 144 66 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 111 78 33 52.8 54.2 50.0
FEMALES 99 66 33 47.1 45.8 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 50 25 25 23.8 17.4 37.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 34 23 11 16.2 16.0 16.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 26 16 10 12.4 11.1 15.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 18 45 30.0 12.5 68.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 5 22 12.8 3.5 33.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 1.0 0.0 3.0
15-19 48 25 23 22.8 17.4 34.8
20-24 60 46 14 28.6 31.9 21.2
25-29 57 44 13 27.1 30.6 19.7
30-34 33 21 12 15.7 14.6 18.2
35-39 7 5 2 3.3 3.5 3.0
40-44 3 3 0 1.4 2.1 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 2 0 2 1.0 0.0 3.0
15-19 25 5 20 11.9 3.5 30.3
20-24 19 8 11 9.0 5.6 16.7
25-29 9 3 6 4.3 2.1 9.1
30-34 7 2 5 3.3 1.4 7.6
35-39 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.5
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 21 13 8 10.0 9.0 12.1
10, 11 YEARS 36 22 14 17.1 15.3 21.2
12 YEARS 82 54 28 39.0 37.5 42.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 49 37 12 23.3 25.7 18.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 21 18 3 10.0 12.5 4.5
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 179 135 44 85.2 93.8 66.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 20 6 14 9.5 4.2 21.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 2 7 4.3 1.4 10.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.5 0.7 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.
