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COUNTY: CLAIBORNE

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CLAIBORNE 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                  205     19    186   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                          91      4     87    44.4   21.0   46.8
        FEMALES                       114     15     99    55.6   78.9   53.2
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS                75      2     73    36.6   10.5   39.2
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              39      3     36    19.0   15.8   19.4
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              27      4     23    13.2   21.0   12.4
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS           151      2    149    73.6   10.5   80.1
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       71      0     71    34.6    0.0   38.2

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     3      0      3     1.5    0.0    1.6
           15-19                       72      2     70    35.1   10.5   37.6
           20-24                       61      5     56    29.8   26.3   30.1
           25-29                       32      4     28    15.6   21.0   15.0
           30-34                       21      4     17    10.2   21.0    9.1
           35-39                       15      4     11     7.3   21.0    5.9
           40-44                        1      0      1     0.5    0.0    0.5
           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      0      3     1.5    0.0    1.6
           15-19                       68      0     68    33.2    0.0   36.6
           20-24                       47      0     47    22.9    0.0   25.3
           25-29                       19      1     18     9.3    5.3    9.7
           30-34                        9      0      9     4.4    0.0    4.8
           35-39                        5      1      4     2.4    5.3    2.2
           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

        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                   11      1     10     5.4    5.3    5.4
           10, 11 YEARS                49      1     48    23.9    5.3   25.8
           12 YEARS                    58      5     53    28.3   26.3   28.5
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           63      5     58    30.7   26.3   31.2
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     23      7     16    11.2   36.8    8.6
           UNKNOWN                      1      0      1     0.5    0.0    0.5

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                      3      0      3     1.5    0.0    1.6
           FIRST TRIMESTER            130     17    113    63.4   89.5   60.8
           SECOND TRIMESTER            53      1     52    25.8    5.3   28.0
           THIRD TRIMESTER             12      0     12     5.8    0.0    6.4
           UNKNOWN MONTH                7      1      6     3.4    5.3    3.2
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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.

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