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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE 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 1,131 607 524 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 586 309 277 51.8 50.9 52.9
FEMALES 545 298 247 48.2 49.1 47.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 194 68 126 17.2 11.2 24.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 161 67 94 14.2 11.0 17.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 104 41 63 9.2 6.8 12.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 473 88 385 41.8 14.5 73.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 158 36 122 14.0 5.9 23.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.2 0.0 0.4
15-19 192 68 124 17.0 11.2 23.7
20-24 338 156 182 29.9 25.7 34.7
25-29 339 198 141 30.0 32.6 26.9
30-34 184 132 52 16.3 21.7 9.9
35-39 65 46 19 5.7 7.6 3.6
40-44 11 7 4 1.0 1.2 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.2 0.0 0.4
15-19 156 36 120 13.8 5.9 22.9
20-24 173 31 142 15.3 5.1 27.1
25-29 95 11 84 8.4 1.8 16.0
30-34 34 6 28 3.0 1.0 5.3
35-39 11 3 8 1.0 0.5 1.5
40-44 2 1 1 0.2 0.2 0.2
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 1 0 0.1 0.2 0.0
7-9 YEARS 69 25 44 6.1 4.1 8.4
10, 11 YEARS 176 54 122 15.6 8.9 23.3
12 YEARS 385 172 213 34.0 28.3 40.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 298 182 116 26.3 30.0 22.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 202 173 29 17.9 28.5 5.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 13 2 11 1.1 0.3 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 937 541 396 82.8 89.1 75.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 164 58 106 14.5 9.6 20.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 17 6 11 1.5 1.0 2.1
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.
