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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF BOLIVAR 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 682 159 523 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 369 94 275 54.1 59.1 52.6
FEMALES 313 65 248 45.9 40.9 47.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 205 23 182 30.0 14.5 34.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 113 15 98 16.6 9.4 18.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 62 13 49 9.1 8.2 9.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 468 32 436 68.6 20.1 83.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 194 16 178 28.4 10.1 34.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 1 4 0.7 0.6 0.8
15-19 200 22 178 29.3 13.8 34.0
20-24 219 38 181 32.1 23.9 34.6
25-29 143 57 86 21.0 35.8 16.4
30-34 78 30 48 11.4 18.9 9.2
35-39 34 11 23 5.0 6.9 4.4
40-44 3 0 3 0.4 0.0 0.6
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 5 1 4 0.7 0.6 0.8
15-19 189 15 174 27.7 9.4 33.3
20-24 172 9 163 25.2 5.7 31.2
25-29 58 6 52 8.5 3.8 9.9
30-34 32 1 31 4.7 0.6 5.9
35-39 11 0 11 1.6 0.0 2.1
40-44 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 6 1 5 0.9 0.6 1.0
7-9 YEARS 76 12 64 11.1 7.5 12.2
10, 11 YEARS 147 22 125 21.6 13.8 23.9
12 YEARS 215 40 175 31.5 25.2 33.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 154 27 127 22.6 17.0 24.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 83 57 26 12.2 35.8 5.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 0 6 0.9 0.0 1.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 527 144 383 77.3 90.6 73.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 128 14 114 18.8 8.8 21.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 19 1 18 2.8 0.6 3.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.3 0.0 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.
