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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 287 152 135 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 143 76 67 49.8 50.0 49.6
FEMALES 144 76 68 50.2 50.0 50.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 64 28 36 22.3 18.4 26.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 48 13 35 16.7 8.6 25.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 29 10 19 10.1 6.6 14.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 128 24 104 44.6 15.8 77.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 50 16 34 17.4 10.5 25.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 1.0 0.6 1.5
15-19 61 27 34 21.2 17.8 25.2
20-24 109 57 52 38.0 37.5 38.5
25-29 58 36 22 20.2 23.7 16.3
30-34 41 21 20 14.3 13.8 14.8
35-39 13 9 4 4.5 5.9 3.0
40-44 2 1 1 0.7 0.6 0.7
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 1.0 0.6 1.5
15-19 47 15 32 16.4 9.9 23.7
20-24 52 7 45 18.1 4.6 33.3
25-29 13 0 13 4.5 0.0 9.6
30-34 10 1 9 3.5 0.6 6.7
35-39 3 0 3 1.0 0.0 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 19 12 7 6.6 7.9 5.2
10, 11 YEARS 46 17 29 16.0 11.2 21.5
12 YEARS 117 53 64 40.8 34.9 47.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 71 46 25 24.7 30.3 18.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 34 24 10 11.8 15.8 7.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 0 5 1.7 0.0 3.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 226 137 89 78.7 90.1 65.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 46 14 32 16.0 9.2 23.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 0 8 2.8 0.0 5.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.7 0.6 0.7
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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.
