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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 1,122 630 492 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 551 301 250 49.1 47.8 50.8
FEMALES 571 329 242 50.9 52.2 49.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 193 77 116 17.2 12.2 23.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 168 85 83 15.0 13.5 16.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 112 57 55 10.0 9.0 11.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 478 113 365 42.6 17.9 74.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 154 39 115 13.7 6.2 23.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 2 5 0.6 0.3 1.0
15-19 186 75 111 16.6 11.9 22.6
20-24 370 177 193 33.0 28.1 39.2
25-29 298 196 102 26.6 31.1 20.7
30-34 157 106 51 14.0 16.8 10.4
35-39 80 57 23 7.1 9.0 4.7
40-44 24 17 7 2.1 2.7 1.4
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 7 2 5 0.6 0.3 1.0
15-19 147 37 110 13.1 5.9 22.4
20-24 197 41 156 17.6 6.5 31.7
25-29 71 16 55 6.3 2.5 11.2
30-34 34 11 23 3.0 1.7 4.7
35-39 18 4 14 1.6 0.6 2.8
40-44 4 2 2 0.4 0.3 0.4
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 4 2 0.5 0.6 0.4
7-9 YEARS 95 44 51 8.5 7.0 10.4
10, 11 YEARS 142 50 92 12.6 7.9 18.7
12 YEARS 351 173 178 31.3 27.5 36.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 289 171 118 25.8 27.1 24.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 239 188 51 21.3 29.8 10.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 22 1 21 2.0 0.2 4.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 930 579 351 82.9 91.9 71.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 134 41 93 11.9 6.5 18.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 31 8 23 2.8 1.3 4.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 1 4 0.4 0.2 0.8
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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.
