SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT IV, 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 3,647 1,767 1,880 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,858 918 940 50.9 52.0 50.0
FEMALES 1,789 849 940 49.0 48.0 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 774 242 532 21.2 13.7 28.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 498 166 332 13.6 9.4 17.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 315 100 215 8.6 5.6 11.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,594 260 1,334 43.7 14.7 71.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 627 115 512 17.2 6.5 27.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 24 2 22 0.6 0.1 1.2
15-19 750 240 510 20.6 13.6 27.1
20-24 1,129 508 621 31.0 28.7 33.0
25-29 940 552 388 25.8 31.2 20.6
30-34 558 332 226 15.3 18.8 12.0
35-39 220 121 99 6.0 6.8 5.3
40-44 23 10 13 0.6 0.6 0.7
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 # 0.0 #
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 # 0.1 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 24 2 22 0.6 0.1 1.2
15-19 603 113 490 16.5 6.4 26.1
20-24 548 76 472 15.0 4.3 25.1
25-29 263 48 215 7.2 2.7 11.4
30-34 102 10 92 2.8 0.6 4.9
35-39 47 10 37 1.3 0.6 2.0
40-44 6 0 6 0.2 0.0 0.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 # # 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 20 15 5 0.5 0.8 0.3
7-9 YEARS 370 148 222 10.1 8.4 11.8
10, 11 YEARS 564 178 386 15.5 10.1 20.5
12 YEARS 1,243 531 712 34.1 30.0 37.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 847 453 394 23.2 25.6 21.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 599 441 158 16.4 25.0 8.4
UNKNOWN 4 1 3 0.1 # 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 56 9 47 1.5 0.5 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 2,753 1,504 1,249 75.5 85.1 66.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 713 231 482 19.6 13.1 25.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 101 19 82 2.8 1.1 4.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 24 4 20 0.6 0.2 1.1
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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.
