SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 515 116 399 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 260 54 206 50.5 46.6 51.6
FEMALES 255 62 193 49.5 53.4 48.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 183 17 166 35.5 14.6 41.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 113 16 97 21.9 13.8 24.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 64 10 54 12.4 8.6 13.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 351 19 332 68.2 16.4 83.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 174 8 166 33.8 6.9 41.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 1.4 0.0 1.8
15-19 176 17 159 34.2 14.6 39.8
20-24 175 40 135 34.0 34.5 33.8
25-29 91 34 57 17.7 29.3 14.3
30-34 40 20 20 7.8 17.2 5.0
35-39 22 4 18 4.3 3.4 4.5
40-44 4 1 3 0.8 0.9 0.8
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 7 0 7 1.4 0.0 1.8
15-19 167 8 159 32.4 6.9 39.8
20-24 125 7 118 24.3 6.0 29.6
25-29 37 3 34 7.2 2.6 8.5
30-34 7 0 7 1.4 0.0 1.8
35-39 8 1 7 1.6 0.9 1.8
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 0 5 1.0 0.0 1.2
7-9 YEARS 103 11 92 20.0 9.5 23.0
10, 11 YEARS 120 19 101 23.3 16.4 25.3
12 YEARS 140 28 112 27.2 24.1 28.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 94 28 66 18.2 24.1 16.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 53 30 23 10.3 25.9 5.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 0 7 1.4 0.0 1.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 392 103 289 76.1 88.8 72.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 103 13 90 20.0 11.2 22.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 0 12 2.3 0.0 3.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.2
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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.
