SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WEBSTER 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 129 89 40 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 65 43 22 50.4 48.3 55.0
FEMALES 64 46 18 49.6 51.7 45.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 32 15 17 24.8 16.8 42.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 16 8 8 12.4 9.0 20.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 10 5 5 7.8 5.6 12.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 47 16 31 36.4 18.0 77.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 23 8 15 17.8 9.0 37.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 2.5
15-19 31 15 16 24.0 16.8 40.0
20-24 42 28 14 32.6 31.5 35.0
25-29 29 25 4 22.5 28.1 10.0
30-34 20 17 3 15.5 19.1 7.5
35-39 6 4 2 4.6 4.5 5.0
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 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 2.5
15-19 22 8 14 17.0 9.0 35.0
20-24 16 3 13 12.4 3.4 32.5
25-29 6 3 3 4.6 3.4 7.5
30-34 2 2 0 1.6 2.2 0.0
35-39 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 2.5
7-9 YEARS 12 10 2 9.3 11.2 5.0
10, 11 YEARS 20 9 11 15.5 10.1 27.5
12 YEARS 47 29 18 36.4 32.6 45.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 30 23 7 23.2 25.8 17.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 19 18 1 14.7 20.2 2.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 91 73 18 70.5 82.0 45.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 30 13 17 23.2 14.6 42.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 3 3 4.6 3.4 7.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 2.5
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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.
