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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COAHOMA 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 609 112 497 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 320 61 259 52.5 54.5 52.1
FEMALES 289 51 238 47.4 45.5 47.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 180 9 171 29.6 8.0 34.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 106 10 96 17.4 8.9 19.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 66 7 59 10.8 6.2 11.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 451 20 431 74.0 17.8 86.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 175 6 169 28.7 5.4 34.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 11 0 11 1.8 0.0 2.2
15-19 169 9 160 27.8 8.0 32.2
20-24 218 27 191 35.8 24.1 38.4
25-29 114 39 75 18.7 34.8 15.1
30-34 67 23 44 11.0 20.5 8.8
35-39 23 11 12 3.8 9.8 2.4
40-44 7 3 4 1.1 2.7 0.8
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 11 0 11 1.8 0.0 2.2
15-19 164 6 158 26.9 5.4 31.8
20-24 169 4 165 27.8 3.6 33.2
25-29 65 8 57 10.7 7.1 11.5
30-34 31 1 30 5.1 0.9 6.0
35-39 8 1 7 1.3 0.9 1.4
40-44 3 0 3 0.5 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
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 13 3 10 2.1 2.7 2.0
7-9 YEARS 59 8 51 9.7 7.1 10.3
10, 11 YEARS 135 11 124 22.2 9.8 25.0
12 YEARS 225 35 190 36.9 31.2 38.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 120 21 99 19.7 18.8 19.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 56 33 23 9.2 29.5 4.6
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.9 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 11 0 11 1.8 0.0 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 494 103 391 81.1 92.0 78.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 79 7 72 13.0 6.2 14.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 23 1 22 3.8 0.9 4.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.3 0.9 0.2
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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.
