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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 117 28 89 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 62 16 46 53.0 57.1 51.7
FEMALES 55 12 43 47.0 42.8 48.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 26 5 21 22.2 17.8 23.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 17 1 16 14.5 3.6 18.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 8 0 8 6.8 0.0 9.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 62 2 60 53.0 7.1 67.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 22 2 20 18.8 7.1 22.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.1
15-19 25 5 20 21.4 17.8 22.5
20-24 42 9 33 35.9 32.1 37.1
25-29 23 9 14 19.6 32.1 15.7
30-34 16 3 13 13.7 10.7 14.6
35-39 8 2 6 6.8 7.1 6.7
40-44 2 0 2 1.7 0.0 2.2
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 0.8 0.0 1.1
15-19 21 2 19 17.9 7.1 21.3
20-24 28 0 28 23.9 0.0 31.5
25-29 5 0 5 4.3 0.0 5.6
30-34 4 0 4 3.4 0.0 4.5
35-39 2 0 2 1.7 0.0 2.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.1
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 0.8 0.0 1.1
7-9 YEARS 5 1 4 4.3 3.6 4.5
10, 11 YEARS 17 3 14 14.5 10.7 15.7
12 YEARS 46 13 33 39.3 46.4 37.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 32 5 27 27.4 17.8 30.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 14 6 8 12.0 21.4 9.0
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 1.7 0.0 2.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 1 0 0.8 3.6 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 95 24 71 81.2 85.7 79.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 18 3 15 15.4 10.7 16.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 0 3 2.6 0.0 3.4
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.
