SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WAYNE 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 344 187 157 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 173 90 83 50.3 48.1 52.9
FEMALES 171 97 74 49.7 51.9 47.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 90 39 51 26.2 20.8 32.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 43 22 21 12.5 11.8 13.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 35 13 22 10.2 7.0 14.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 161 43 118 46.8 23.0 75.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 67 20 47 19.5 10.7 29.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 1.9
15-19 87 39 48 25.3 20.8 30.6
20-24 119 67 52 34.6 35.8 33.1
25-29 81 47 34 23.5 25.1 21.6
30-34 38 24 14 11.0 12.8 8.9
35-39 9 5 4 2.6 2.7 2.5
40-44 6 4 2 1.7 2.1 1.3
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.3 0.5 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 1.9
15-19 64 20 44 18.6 10.7 28.0
20-24 47 11 36 13.7 5.9 22.9
25-29 32 9 23 9.3 4.8 14.6
30-34 8 1 7 2.3 0.5 4.4
35-39 4 1 3 1.2 0.5 1.9
40-44 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.3
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.3 0.5 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 4 0 4 1.2 0.0 2.5
7-9 YEARS 46 20 26 13.4 10.7 16.6
10, 11 YEARS 57 32 25 16.6 17.1 15.9
12 YEARS 129 59 70 37.5 31.6 44.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 89 58 31 25.9 31.0 19.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 19 18 1 5.5 9.6 0.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 280 168 112 81.4 89.8 71.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 52 19 33 15.1 10.2 21.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 0 8 2.3 0.0 5.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.3
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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.
