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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BENTON 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 111 63 48 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 60 39 21 54.0 61.9 43.8
FEMALES 51 24 27 45.9 38.1 56.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 29 14 15 26.1 22.2 31.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 21 8 13 18.9 12.7 27.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 12 6 6 10.8 9.5 12.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 17 31 43.2 27.0 64.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 25 10 15 22.5 15.9 31.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 29 14 15 26.1 22.2 31.2
20-24 40 24 16 36.0 38.1 33.3
25-29 27 17 10 24.3 27.0 20.8
30-34 8 4 4 7.2 6.3 8.3
35-39 7 4 3 6.3 6.3 6.2
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 25 10 15 22.5 15.9 31.2
20-24 13 5 8 11.7 7.9 16.7
25-29 8 1 7 7.2 1.6 14.6
30-34 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
35-39 2 1 1 1.8 1.6 2.1
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 13 6 7 11.7 9.5 14.6
10, 11 YEARS 23 12 11 20.7 19.0 22.9
12 YEARS 44 23 21 39.6 36.5 43.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 18 11 7 16.2 17.5 14.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 11 2 11.7 17.5 4.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 94 59 35 84.7 93.6 72.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 15 4 11 13.5 6.3 22.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 1 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.1
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.
