SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT III, 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 4,275 1,069 3,206 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,129 549 1,580 49.8 51.4 49.3
FEMALES 2,146 520 1,626 50.2 48.6 50.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 1,257 166 1,091 29.4 15.5 34.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 750 118 632 17.5 11.0 19.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 490 92 398 11.5 8.6 12.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,832 194 2,638 66.2 18.1 82.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,158 79 1,079 27.1 7.4 33.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 68 2 66 1.6 0.2 2.0
15-19 1,189 164 1,025 27.8 15.3 32.0
20-24 1,415 310 1,105 33.1 29.0 34.5
25-29 890 325 565 20.8 30.4 17.6
30-34 466 187 279 10.9 17.5 8.7
35-39 203 65 138 4.7 6.1 4.3
40-44 43 15 28 1.0 1.4 0.9
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 # 0.1 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 68 2 66 1.6 0.2 2.0
15-19 1,090 77 1,013 25.5 7.2 31.6
20-24 1,058 71 987 24.7 6.6 30.8
25-29 374 24 350 8.7 2.2 10.9
30-34 157 12 145 3.7 1.1 4.5
35-39 73 6 67 1.7 0.6 2.1
40-44 12 2 10 0.3 0.2 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 43 9 34 1.0 0.8 1.1
7-9 YEARS 631 108 523 14.8 10.1 16.3
10, 11 YEARS 945 132 813 22.1 12.3 25.4
12 YEARS 1,336 278 1,058 31.2 26.0 33.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 816 258 558 19.1 24.1 17.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 498 283 215 11.6 26.5 6.7
UNKNOWN 6 1 5 0.1 0.1 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 78 6 72 1.8 0.6 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 2,933 944 1,989 68.6 88.3 62.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 1,059 108 951 24.8 10.1 29.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 174 8 166 4.1 0.7 5.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 31 3 28 0.7 0.3 0.9
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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.
