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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 430 260 170 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 217 127 90 50.5 48.8 52.9
FEMALES 213 133 80 49.5 51.2 47.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 60 28 32 14.0 10.8 18.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 68 36 32 15.8 13.8 18.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 37 20 17 8.6 7.7 10.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 154 42 112 35.8 16.2 65.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 16 32 11.2 6.2 18.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
15-19 59 27 32 13.7 10.4 18.8
20-24 133 67 66 30.9 25.8 38.8
25-29 125 80 45 29.1 30.8 26.5
30-34 87 65 22 20.2 25.0 12.9
35-39 21 18 3 4.9 6.9 1.8
40-44 4 2 2 0.9 0.8 1.2
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 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
15-19 47 15 32 10.9 5.8 18.8
20-24 64 14 50 14.9 5.4 29.4
25-29 32 8 24 7.4 3.1 14.1
30-34 9 4 5 2.1 1.5 2.9
35-39 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.6
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 4 4 0 0.9 1.5 0.0
7-9 YEARS 21 12 9 4.9 4.6 5.3
10, 11 YEARS 41 18 23 9.5 6.9 13.5
12 YEARS 115 58 57 26.7 22.3 33.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 110 63 47 25.6 24.2 27.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 138 104 34 32.1 40.0 20.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 3 6 2.1 1.2 3.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 370 245 125 86.0 94.2 73.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 43 10 33 10.0 3.8 19.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 2 5 1.6 0.8 2.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.6
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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.
