SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VIII, 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 4,008 2,401 1,607 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,089 1,244 845 52.1 51.8 52.6
FEMALES 1,919 1,157 762 47.9 48.2 47.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 844 372 472 21.0 15.5 29.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 555 257 298 13.8 10.7 18.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 375 165 210 9.4 6.9 13.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,596 403 1,193 39.8 16.8 74.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 617 160 457 15.4 6.7 28.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 23 4 19 0.6 0.2 1.2
15-19 821 368 453 20.5 15.3 28.2
20-24 1,346 758 588 33.6 31.6 36.6
25-29 1,001 700 301 25.0 29.2 18.7
30-34 563 400 163 14.0 16.7 10.1
35-39 220 146 74 5.5 6.1 4.6
40-44 32 24 8 0.8 1.0 0.5
45 AND OVER 2 1 1 # # 0.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 22 3 19 0.5 0.1 1.2
15-19 595 157 438 14.8 6.5 27.2
20-24 597 145 452 14.9 6.0 28.1
25-29 251 69 182 6.3 2.9 11.3
30-34 84 20 64 2.1 0.8 4.0
35-39 43 8 35 1.1 0.3 2.2
40-44 3 0 3 0.1 0.0 0.2
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 # # 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
1-6 YEARS 23 15 8 0.6 0.6 0.5
7-9 YEARS 369 222 147 9.2 9.2 9.1
10, 11 YEARS 591 273 318 14.7 11.4 19.8
12 YEARS 1,362 734 628 34.0 30.6 39.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,069 662 407 26.7 27.6 25.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 591 495 96 14.7 20.6 6.0
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 # 0.0 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 34 6 28 0.8 0.2 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,363 2,198 1,165 83.9 91.5 72.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 508 176 332 12.7 7.3 20.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 89 20 69 2.2 0.8 4.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 14 1 13 0.3 # 0.8
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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.
