SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON 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 1,210 307 903 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 602 161 441 49.8 52.4 48.8
FEMALES 608 146 462 50.2 47.6 51.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 366 56 310 30.2 18.2 34.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 195 30 165 16.1 9.8 18.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 138 24 114 11.4 7.8 12.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 823 70 753 68.0 22.8 83.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 340 33 307 28.1 10.7 34.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 21 0 21 1.7 0.0 2.3
15-19 345 56 289 28.5 18.2 32.0
20-24 399 78 321 33.0 25.4 35.5
25-29 239 95 144 19.8 30.9 15.9
30-34 122 43 79 10.1 14.0 8.7
35-39 70 28 42 5.8 9.1 4.6
40-44 14 7 7 1.2 2.3 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 21 0 21 1.7 0.0 2.3
15-19 319 33 286 26.4 10.7 31.7
20-24 320 23 297 26.4 7.5 32.9
25-29 95 8 87 7.8 2.6 9.6
30-34 42 3 39 3.5 1.0 4.3
35-39 23 3 20 1.9 1.0 2.2
40-44 3 0 3 0.2 0.0 0.3
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 12 4 8 1.0 1.3 0.9
7-9 YEARS 190 35 155 15.7 11.4 17.2
10, 11 YEARS 299 45 254 24.7 14.6 28.1
12 YEARS 359 79 280 29.7 25.7 31.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 209 63 146 17.3 20.5 16.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 139 80 59 11.5 26.0 6.5
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.2 0.3 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 27 3 24 2.2 1.0 2.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 791 260 531 65.4 84.7 58.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 320 38 282 26.4 12.4 31.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 64 4 60 5.3 1.3 6.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 8 2 6 0.7 0.6 0.7
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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.
