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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 363 49 314 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 185 25 160 51.0 51.0 51.0
FEMALES 178 24 154 49.0 49.0 49.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 93 1 92 25.6 2.0 29.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 73 9 64 20.1 18.4 20.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 43 5 38 11.8 10.2 12.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 256 8 248 70.5 16.3 79.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 91 1 90 25.1 2.0 28.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 1.1 0.0 1.3
15-19 89 1 88 24.5 2.0 28.0
20-24 131 19 112 36.1 38.8 35.7
25-29 71 18 53 19.6 36.7 16.9
30-34 42 8 34 11.6 16.3 10.8
35-39 21 3 18 5.8 6.1 5.7
40-44 5 0 5 1.4 0.0 1.6
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 4 0 4 1.1 0.0 1.3
15-19 87 1 86 24.0 2.0 27.4
20-24 104 5 99 28.6 10.2 31.5
25-29 33 2 31 9.1 4.1 9.9
30-34 16 0 16 4.4 0.0 5.1
35-39 8 0 8 2.2 0.0 2.5
40-44 4 0 4 1.1 0.0 1.3
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 0.3 0.0 0.3
1-6 YEARS 4 2 2 1.1 4.1 0.6
7-9 YEARS 42 5 37 11.6 10.2 11.8
10, 11 YEARS 68 3 65 18.7 6.1 20.7
12 YEARS 166 13 153 45.7 26.5 48.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 61 19 42 16.8 38.8 13.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 21 7 14 5.8 14.3 4.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 0 8 2.2 0.0 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 255 41 214 70.2 83.7 68.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 83 6 77 22.9 12.2 24.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 11 0 11 3.0 0.0 3.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 2 4 1.6 4.1 1.3
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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.
