SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WALTHALL 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 212 85 127 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 118 44 74 55.7 51.8 58.3
FEMALES 94 41 53 44.3 48.2 41.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 44 8 36 20.8 9.4 28.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 15 5 10 7.1 5.9 7.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 12 3 9 5.7 3.5 7.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 94 14 80 44.3 16.5 63.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 3 33 17.0 3.5 26.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 44 8 36 20.8 9.4 28.3
20-24 76 38 38 35.8 44.7 29.9
25-29 54 23 31 25.5 27.0 24.4
30-34 23 11 12 10.8 12.9 9.4
35-39 14 5 9 6.6 5.9 7.1
40-44 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 36 3 33 17.0 3.5 26.0
20-24 32 8 24 15.1 9.4 18.9
25-29 14 0 14 6.6 0.0 11.0
30-34 10 3 7 4.7 3.5 5.5
35-39 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.8
40-44 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.8
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 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.8
7-9 YEARS 14 6 8 6.6 7.0 6.3
10, 11 YEARS 37 8 29 17.4 9.4 22.8
12 YEARS 83 29 54 39.2 34.1 42.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 59 29 30 27.8 34.1 23.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 18 13 5 8.5 15.3 3.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 167 79 88 78.8 92.9 69.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 36 6 30 17.0 7.0 23.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 0 8 3.8 0.0 6.3
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.
