SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT II, 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 4,356 3,150 1,206 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,244 1,640 604 51.5 52.1 50.1
FEMALES 2,112 1,510 602 48.5 47.9 49.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 868 525 343 19.9 16.7 28.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 628 378 250 14.4 12.0 20.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 411 234 177 9.4 7.4 14.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,440 590 850 33.0 18.7 70.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 579 243 336 13.3 7.7 27.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 22 7 15 0.5 0.2 1.2
15-19 846 518 328 19.4 16.4 27.2
20-24 1,401 971 430 32.2 30.8 35.6
25-29 1,158 914 244 26.6 29.0 20.2
30-34 643 517 126 14.8 16.4 10.4
35-39 249 192 57 5.7 6.1 4.7
40-44 34 30 4 0.8 1.0 0.3
45 AND OVER 2 1 1 # # 0.1
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 22 7 15 0.5 0.2 1.2
15-19 557 236 321 12.8 7.5 26.6
20-24 517 202 315 11.9 6.4 26.1
25-29 216 86 130 5.0 2.7 10.8
30-34 75 38 37 1.7 1.2 3.1
35-39 45 16 29 1.0 0.5 2.4
40-44 7 5 2 0.2 0.2 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 2 2 0 # 0.1 0.0
1-6 YEARS 22 18 4 0.5 0.6 0.3
7-9 YEARS 439 327 112 10.1 10.4 9.3
10, 11 YEARS 743 479 264 17.0 15.2 21.9
12 YEARS 1,455 971 484 33.4 30.8 40.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,080 813 267 24.8 25.8 22.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 613 540 73 14.1 17.1 6.0
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 # 0.0 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 39 12 27 0.9 0.4 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,654 2,810 844 83.9 89.2 70.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 567 290 277 13.0 9.2 23.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 84 35 49 1.9 1.1 4.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 12 3 9 0.3 0.1 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.
