SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF STONE 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 159 122 37 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 73 58 15 45.9 47.5 40.5
FEMALES 86 64 22 54.1 52.4 59.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 31 23 8 19.5 18.8 21.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 26 16 10 16.4 13.1 27.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 18 11 7 11.3 9.0 18.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 25 30 34.6 20.5 81.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 21 13 8 13.2 10.6 21.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 31 23 8 19.5 18.8 21.6
20-24 58 40 18 36.5 32.8 48.6
25-29 43 35 8 27.0 28.7 21.6
30-34 22 21 1 13.8 17.2 2.7
35-39 4 3 1 2.5 2.4 2.7
40-44 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 2.7
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 21 13 8 13.2 10.6 21.6
20-24 23 8 15 14.5 6.6 40.5
25-29 8 2 6 5.0 1.6 16.2
30-34 3 2 1 1.9 1.6 2.7
35-39 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 15 9 6 9.4 7.4 16.2
10, 11 YEARS 30 26 4 18.9 21.3 10.8
12 YEARS 53 38 15 33.3 31.1 40.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 49 37 12 30.8 30.3 32.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 12 12 0 7.5 9.8 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 1 0 0.6 0.8 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 126 100 26 79.2 82.0 70.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 30 21 9 18.9 17.2 24.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 2 0 2 1.2 0.0 5.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 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.
