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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JONES 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 964 613 351 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 511 338 173 53.0 55.1 49.3
FEMALES 453 275 178 47.0 44.9 50.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 185 99 86 19.2 16.2 24.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 100 51 49 10.4 8.3 14.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 84 40 44 8.7 6.5 12.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 370 95 275 38.4 15.5 78.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 122 37 85 12.6 6.0 24.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 1 6 0.7 0.2 1.7
15-19 178 98 80 18.5 16.0 22.8
20-24 341 199 142 35.4 32.5 40.4
25-29 241 179 62 25.0 29.2 17.7
30-34 124 92 32 12.9 15.0 9.1
35-39 61 37 24 6.3 6.0 6.8
40-44 12 7 5 1.2 1.1 1.4
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 7 1 6 0.7 0.2 1.7
15-19 115 36 79 11.9 5.9 22.5
20-24 158 35 123 16.4 5.7 35.0
25-29 55 14 41 5.7 2.3 11.7
30-34 20 5 15 2.1 0.8 4.3
35-39 11 3 8 1.1 0.5 2.3
40-44 4 1 3 0.4 0.2 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 3 2 1 0.3 0.3 0.3
7-9 YEARS 85 57 28 8.8 9.3 8.0
10, 11 YEARS 179 81 98 18.6 13.2 27.9
12 YEARS 318 189 129 33.0 30.8 36.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 251 176 75 26.0 28.7 21.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 128 108 20 13.3 17.6 5.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 2 4 0.6 0.3 1.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 825 564 261 85.6 92.0 74.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 114 43 71 11.8 7.0 20.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 3 9 1.2 0.5 2.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 1 6 0.7 0.2 1.7
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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.
