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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHOCTAW 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 113 72 41 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 65 40 25 57.5 55.6 61.0
FEMALES 48 32 16 42.5 44.4 39.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 32 15 17 28.3 20.8 41.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 17 9 8 15.0 12.5 19.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 15 7 8 13.3 9.7 19.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 16 35 45.1 22.2 85.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 21 4 17 18.6 5.6 41.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 2.6 1.4 4.9
15-19 29 14 15 25.7 19.4 36.6
20-24 41 26 15 36.3 36.1 36.6
25-29 18 15 3 15.9 20.8 7.3
30-34 14 10 4 12.4 13.9 9.8
35-39 6 4 2 5.3 5.6 4.9
40-44 2 2 0 1.8 2.8 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 3 1 2 2.6 1.4 4.9
15-19 18 3 15 15.9 4.2 36.6
20-24 22 10 12 19.5 13.9 29.3
25-29 1 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.4
30-34 4 1 3 3.5 1.4 7.3
35-39 2 0 2 1.8 0.0 4.9
40-44 1 1 0 0.9 1.4 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 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.4
7-9 YEARS 13 7 6 11.5 9.7 14.6
10, 11 YEARS 17 8 9 15.0 11.1 22.0
12 YEARS 36 21 15 31.8 29.2 36.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 30 22 8 26.5 30.6 19.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 16 14 2 14.2 19.4 4.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 75 52 23 66.4 72.2 56.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 28 19 9 24.8 26.4 22.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 1 7 7.1 1.4 17.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.4
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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.
