SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TATE 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 343 200 143 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 165 98 67 48.1 49.0 46.8
FEMALES 178 102 76 51.9 51.0 53.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 90 36 54 26.2 18.0 37.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 58 18 40 16.9 9.0 28.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 35 13 22 10.2 6.5 15.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 145 39 106 42.3 19.5 74.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 68 17 51 19.8 8.5 35.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 1.2 0.0 2.8
15-19 86 36 50 25.1 18.0 35.0
20-24 109 60 49 31.8 30.0 34.3
25-29 74 59 15 21.6 29.5 10.5
30-34 54 32 22 15.7 16.0 15.4
35-39 16 13 3 4.7 6.5 2.1
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
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 1.2 0.0 2.8
15-19 64 17 47 18.6 8.5 32.9
20-24 49 13 36 14.3 6.5 25.2
25-29 12 4 8 3.5 2.0 5.6
30-34 14 4 10 4.1 2.0 7.0
35-39 2 1 1 0.6 0.5 0.7
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 2 2 0 0.6 1.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 36 16 20 10.5 8.0 14.0
10, 11 YEARS 67 31 36 19.5 15.5 25.2
12 YEARS 107 54 53 31.2 27.0 37.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 86 60 26 25.1 30.0 18.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 41 36 5 12.0 18.0 3.5
UNKNOWN 4 1 3 1.2 0.5 2.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 0 5 1.4 0.0 3.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 264 169 95 77.0 84.5 66.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 59 24 35 17.2 12.0 24.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 4 5 2.6 2.0 3.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 3 3 1.7 1.5 2.1
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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.
