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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 579 477 102 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 299 248 51 51.6 52.0 50.0
FEMALES 280 229 51 48.4 48.0 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 85 64 21 14.7 13.4 20.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 66 47 19 11.4 9.8 18.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 40 27 13 6.9 5.7 12.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 140 79 61 24.2 16.6 59.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 54 33 21 9.3 6.9 20.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 1.0
15-19 84 64 20 14.5 13.4 19.6
20-24 154 127 27 26.6 26.6 26.5
25-29 166 144 22 28.7 30.2 21.6
30-34 129 103 26 22.3 21.6 25.5
35-39 39 33 6 6.7 6.9 5.9
40-44 6 6 0 1.0 1.2 0.0
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 0.2 0.0 1.0
15-19 53 33 20 9.2 6.9 19.6
20-24 51 29 22 8.8 6.1 21.6
25-29 21 12 9 3.6 2.5 8.8
30-34 8 1 7 1.4 0.2 6.9
35-39 5 3 2 0.9 0.6 2.0
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
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 6 4 2 1.0 0.8 2.0
7-9 YEARS 43 37 6 7.4 7.8 5.9
10, 11 YEARS 45 33 12 7.8 6.9 11.8
12 YEARS 159 123 36 27.5 25.8 35.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 143 122 21 24.7 25.6 20.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 183 158 25 31.6 33.1 24.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 2 1 0.5 0.4 1.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 534 445 89 92.2 93.3 87.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 37 29 8 6.4 6.1 7.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 1 2 0.5 0.2 2.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.3 0.0 2.0
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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.
