SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF UNION 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 342 277 65 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 178 149 29 52.0 53.8 44.6
FEMALES 164 128 36 48.0 46.2 55.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 82 66 16 24.0 23.8 24.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 66 47 19 19.3 17.0 29.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 37 26 11 10.8 9.4 16.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 94 50 44 27.5 18.0 67.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 44 28 16 12.9 10.1 24.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 0.9 0.7 1.5
15-19 79 64 15 23.1 23.1 23.1
20-24 121 93 28 35.4 33.6 43.1
25-29 81 69 12 23.7 24.9 18.5
30-34 37 28 9 10.8 10.1 13.8
35-39 19 19 0 5.6 6.8 0.0
40-44 2 2 0 0.6 0.7 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 3 2 1 0.9 0.7 1.5
15-19 41 26 15 12.0 9.4 23.1
20-24 31 14 17 9.1 5.0 26.2
25-29 10 3 7 2.9 1.1 10.8
30-34 7 3 4 2.0 1.1 6.2
35-39 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
40-44 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 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 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
7-9 YEARS 43 37 6 12.6 13.4 9.2
10, 11 YEARS 59 47 12 17.2 17.0 18.5
12 YEARS 121 93 28 35.4 33.6 43.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 87 70 17 25.4 25.3 26.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 31 29 2 9.1 10.5 3.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 2 0 0.6 0.7 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 301 251 50 88.0 90.6 76.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 36 23 13 10.5 8.3 20.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 1 2 0.9 0.4 3.1
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.
