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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 449 403 46 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 247 223 24 55.0 55.3 52.2
FEMALES 202 180 22 45.0 44.7 47.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 69 63 6 15.4 15.6 13.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 52 47 5 11.6 11.7 10.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 36 28 8 8.0 6.9 17.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 188 155 33 41.9 38.5 71.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 53 47 6 11.8 11.7 13.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
15-19 68 62 6 15.1 15.4 13.0
20-24 138 115 23 30.7 28.5 50.0
25-29 141 131 10 31.4 32.5 21.7
30-34 71 65 6 15.8 16.1 13.0
35-39 27 26 1 6.0 6.4 2.2
40-44 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
15-19 52 46 6 11.6 11.4 13.0
20-24 74 56 18 16.5 13.9 39.1
25-29 40 37 3 8.9 9.2 6.5
30-34 17 12 5 3.8 3.0 10.9
35-39 4 3 1 0.9 0.7 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 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
7-9 YEARS 51 49 2 11.4 12.2 4.3
10, 11 YEARS 64 57 7 14.2 14.1 15.2
12 YEARS 141 126 15 31.4 31.3 32.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 127 108 19 28.3 26.8 41.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 64 61 3 14.2 15.1 6.5
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 363 331 32 80.8 82.1 69.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 73 62 11 16.2 15.4 23.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 9 3 2.7 2.2 6.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 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.
