SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VI, 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 3,560 1,781 1,779 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,827 923 904 51.3 51.8 50.8
FEMALES 1,733 858 875 48.7 48.2 49.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 749 252 497 21.0 14.1 27.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 494 198 296 13.9 11.1 16.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 342 142 200 9.6 8.0 11.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,596 305 1,291 44.8 17.1 72.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 582 107 475 16.3 6.0 26.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 25 1 24 0.7 # 1.3
15-19 724 251 473 20.3 14.1 26.6
20-24 1,203 547 656 33.8 30.7 36.9
25-29 898 556 342 25.2 31.2 19.2
30-34 490 308 182 13.8 17.3 10.2
35-39 187 98 89 5.2 5.5 5.0
40-44 33 20 13 0.9 1.1 0.7
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 25 1 24 0.7 # 1.3
15-19 557 106 451 15.6 6.0 25.4
20-24 599 93 506 16.8 5.2 28.4
25-29 243 62 181 6.8 3.5 10.2
30-34 117 34 83 3.3 1.9 4.7
35-39 48 6 42 1.3 0.3 2.4
40-44 7 3 4 0.2 0.2 0.2
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 1 0 1 # 0.0 #
1-6 YEARS 20 12 8 0.6 0.7 0.4
7-9 YEARS 328 136 192 9.2 7.6 10.8
10, 11 YEARS 624 222 402 17.5 12.5 22.6
12 YEARS 1,244 556 688 34.9 31.2 38.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 971 560 411 27.3 31.4 23.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 367 293 74 10.3 16.4 4.2
UNKNOWN 5 2 3 0.1 0.1 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 33 5 28 0.9 0.3 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 2,844 1,582 1,262 79.9 88.8 70.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 594 167 427 16.7 9.4 24.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 77 23 54 2.2 1.3 3.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 12 4 8 0.3 0.2 0.4
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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.
