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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GEORGE 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 346 301 45 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 168 143 25 48.6 47.5 55.6
FEMALES 178 158 20 51.4 52.5 44.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 70 51 19 20.2 16.9 42.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 42 35 7 12.1 11.6 15.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 23 20 3 6.6 6.6 6.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 96 61 35 27.7 20.3 77.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 38 21 17 11.0 7.0 37.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 0.0
15-19 69 50 19 19.9 16.6 42.2
20-24 131 118 13 37.9 39.2 28.9
25-29 94 86 8 27.2 28.6 17.8
30-34 35 34 1 10.1 11.3 2.2
35-39 12 10 2 3.5 3.3 4.4
40-44 4 2 2 1.2 0.7 4.4
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 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 0.0
15-19 37 20 17 10.7 6.6 37.8
20-24 38 26 12 11.0 8.6 26.7
25-29 12 8 4 3.5 2.6 8.9
30-34 4 4 0 1.2 1.3 0.0
35-39 2 1 1 0.6 0.3 2.2
40-44 2 1 1 0.6 0.3 2.2
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 36 32 4 10.4 10.6 8.9
10, 11 YEARS 72 58 14 20.8 19.3 31.1
12 YEARS 128 108 20 37.0 35.9 44.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 83 78 5 24.0 25.9 11.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 26 24 2 7.5 8.0 4.4
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 2 0 0.6 0.7 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 307 272 35 88.7 90.4 77.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 32 24 8 9.2 8.0 17.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 3 2 1.4 1.0 4.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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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.
