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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS 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 187 61 126 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 109 35 74 58.3 57.4 58.7
FEMALES 78 26 52 41.7 42.6 41.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 44 15 29 23.5 24.6 23.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 31 9 22 16.6 14.8 17.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 22 5 17 11.8 8.2 13.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 105 15 90 56.2 24.6 71.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 30 4 26 16.0 6.6 20.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.8
15-19 43 15 28 23.0 24.6 22.2
20-24 71 22 49 38.0 36.1 38.9
25-29 41 11 30 21.9 18.0 23.8
30-34 16 6 10 8.6 9.8 7.9
35-39 12 6 6 6.4 9.8 4.8
40-44 3 1 2 1.6 1.6 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 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.8
15-19 29 4 25 15.5 6.6 19.8
20-24 46 8 38 24.6 13.1 30.2
25-29 20 2 18 10.7 3.3 14.3
30-34 3 0 3 1.6 0.0 2.4
35-39 5 1 4 2.7 1.6 3.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.8
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 2 1 1 1.1 1.6 0.8
7-9 YEARS 14 6 8 7.5 9.8 6.3
10, 11 YEARS 36 8 28 19.2 13.1 22.2
12 YEARS 75 21 54 40.1 34.4 42.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 47 21 26 25.1 34.4 20.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 12 4 8 6.4 6.6 6.3
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.8
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 1.1 0.0 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 146 51 95 78.1 83.6 75.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 28 7 21 15.0 11.5 16.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 3 5 4.3 4.9 4.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 1.6 0.0 2.4
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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.
