SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT IX, 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 5,981 4,453 1,528 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 3,096 2,331 765 51.8 52.3 50.1
FEMALES 2,885 2,122 763 48.2 47.6 49.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 1,153 763 390 19.3 17.1 25.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 774 482 292 12.9 10.8 19.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 503 319 184 8.4 7.2 12.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,177 1,140 1,037 36.4 25.6 67.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 842 471 371 14.1 10.6 24.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 21 7 14 0.4 0.2 0.9
15-19 1,132 756 376 18.9 17.0 24.6
20-24 1,994 1,412 582 33.3 31.7 38.1
25-29 1,494 1,202 292 25.0 27.0 19.1
30-34 895 730 165 15.0 16.4 10.8
35-39 383 302 81 6.4 6.8 5.3
40-44 56 39 17 0.9 0.9 1.1
45 AND OVER 3 2 1 # # 0.1
UNKNOWN 3 3 0 # 0.1 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 20 6 14 0.3 0.1 0.9
15-19 822 465 357 13.7 10.4 23.4
20-24 823 397 426 13.8 8.9 27.9
25-29 312 166 146 5.2 3.7 9.6
30-34 129 68 61 2.2 1.5 4.0
35-39 62 34 28 1.0 0.8 1.8
40-44 8 3 5 0.1 0.1 0.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 # # 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 2 0 2 # 0.0 0.1
1-6 YEARS 30 15 15 0.5 0.3 1.0
7-9 YEARS 542 406 136 9.1 9.1 8.9
10, 11 YEARS 931 608 323 15.6 13.6 21.1
12 YEARS 2,073 1,517 556 34.7 34.1 36.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,611 1,221 390 26.9 27.4 25.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 769 672 97 12.8 15.1 6.3
UNKNOWN 23 14 9 0.4 0.3 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 112 42 70 1.9 0.9 4.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 4,474 3,614 860 74.8 81.2 56.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 1,108 629 479 18.5 14.1 31.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 262 154 108 4.4 3.4 7.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 25 14 11 0.4 0.3 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.
