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COUNTY: HARRISON

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HARRISON 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                2,763  1,963    800   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       1,423    990    433    51.5   50.4   54.1
        FEMALES                     1,340    973    367    48.5   49.6   45.9
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               482    284    198    17.4   14.5   24.8
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             398    241    157    14.4   12.3   19.6
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             248    154     94     9.0    7.8   11.8
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,022    516    506    37.0   26.3   63.2
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      360    180    180    13.0    9.2   22.5

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     5      1      4     0.2     #     0.5
           15-19                      477    283    194    17.3   14.4   24.2
           20-24                      855    585    270    30.9   29.8   33.8
           25-29                      745    568    177    27.0   28.9   22.1
           30-34                      446    349     97    16.1   17.8   12.1
           35-39                      207    158     49     7.5    8.0    6.1
           40-44                       27     19      8     1.0    1.0    1.0
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
           UNKNOWN                      1      0      1      #     0.0    0.1

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     5      1      4     0.2     #     0.5
           15-19                      355    179    176    12.8    9.1   22.0
           20-24                      369    188    181    13.4    9.6   22.6
           25-29                      181     90     91     6.6    4.6   11.4
           30-34                       69     38     31     2.5    1.9    3.9
           35-39                       40     20     20     1.4    1.0    2.5
           40-44                        3      0      3     0.1    0.0    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                         1      0      1      #     0.0    0.1
           1-6 YEARS                   12      5      7     0.4    0.2    0.9
           7-9 YEARS                  232    156     76     8.4    7.9    9.5
           10, 11 YEARS               379    235    144    13.7   12.0   18.0
           12 YEARS                   925    644    281    33.5   32.8   35.1
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          780    558    222    28.2   28.4   27.8
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    410    353     57    14.8   18.0    7.1
           UNKNOWN                     24     12     12     0.9    0.6    1.5

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     40     18     22     1.4    0.9    2.8
           FIRST TRIMESTER          2,035  1,561    474    73.6   79.5   59.2
           SECOND TRIMESTER           510    293    217    18.4   14.9   27.1
           THIRD TRIMESTER            147     75     72     5.3    3.8    9.0
           UNKNOWN MONTH               31     16     15     1.1    0.8    1.9
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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.

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