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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE COUNTY, 1997
*** 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 167 93 74 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 83 50 33 49.7 53.8 44.6
FEMALES 84 43 41 50.3 46.2 55.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 42 20 22 25.2 21.5 29.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 21 7 14 12.6 7.5 18.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 14 5 9 8.4 5.4 12.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 75 19 56 44.9 20.4 75.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 28 8 20 16.8 8.6 27.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 1.2 1.1 1.4
15-19 40 19 21 24.0 20.4 28.4
20-24 60 31 29 35.9 33.3 39.2
25-29 38 27 11 22.8 29.0 14.9
30-34 21 12 9 12.6 12.9 12.2
35-39 6 3 3 3.6 3.2 4.0
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 1.4
15-19 27 8 19 16.2 8.6 25.7
20-24 34 9 25 20.4 9.7 33.8
25-29 8 2 6 4.8 2.2 8.1
30-34 3 0 3 1.8 0.0 4.0
35-39 2 0 2 1.2 0.0 2.7
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 1 1 0 0.6 1.1 0.0
7-9 YEARS 11 6 5 6.6 6.4 6.8
10, 11 YEARS 32 16 16 19.2 17.2 21.6
12 YEARS 55 29 26 32.9 31.2 35.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 54 31 23 32.3 33.3 31.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 14 10 4 8.4 10.8 5.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 1.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 125 79 46 74.8 84.9 62.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 33 11 22 19.8 11.8 29.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 3 5 4.8 3.2 6.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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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.
