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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JASPER 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 292 103 189 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 128 42 86 43.8 40.8 45.5
FEMALES 164 61 103 56.2 59.2 54.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 58 8 50 19.9 7.8 26.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 41 13 28 14.0 12.6 14.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 33 4 29 11.3 3.9 15.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 144 15 129 49.3 14.6 68.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 52 3 49 17.8 2.9 25.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 1.0 1.0 1.0
15-19 55 7 48 18.8 6.8 25.4
20-24 99 38 61 33.9 36.9 32.3
25-29 68 33 35 23.3 32.0 18.5
30-34 43 17 26 14.7 16.5 13.8
35-39 19 6 13 6.5 5.8 6.9
40-44 5 1 4 1.7 1.0 2.1
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 3 1 2 1.0 1.0 1.0
15-19 49 2 47 16.8 1.9 24.9
20-24 53 6 47 18.2 5.8 24.9
25-29 17 3 14 5.8 2.9 7.4
30-34 12 1 11 4.1 1.0 5.8
35-39 8 2 6 2.7 1.9 3.2
40-44 2 0 2 0.7 0.0 1.0
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 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.5
7-9 YEARS 19 3 16 6.5 2.9 8.5
10, 11 YEARS 49 13 36 16.8 12.6 19.0
12 YEARS 111 31 80 38.0 30.1 42.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 87 40 47 29.8 38.8 24.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 25 16 9 8.6 15.5 4.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 238 95 143 81.5 92.2 75.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 46 8 38 15.8 7.8 20.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 0 7 2.4 0.0 3.7
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.
