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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE 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 156 77 79 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 71 32 39 45.5 41.6 49.4
FEMALES 85 45 40 54.5 58.4 50.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 37 10 27 23.7 13.0 34.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 19 10 9 12.2 13.0 11.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 15 7 8 9.6 9.1 10.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 62 8 54 39.7 10.4 68.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 28 3 25 17.9 3.9 31.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 37 10 27 23.7 13.0 34.2
20-24 63 32 31 40.4 41.6 39.2
25-29 24 15 9 15.4 19.5 11.4
30-34 19 13 6 12.2 16.9 7.6
35-39 12 6 6 7.7 7.8 7.6
40-44 1 1 0 0.6 1.3 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 28 3 25 17.9 3.9 31.6
20-24 24 2 22 15.4 2.6 27.8
25-29 7 3 4 4.5 3.9 5.1
30-34 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
35-39 3 0 3 1.9 0.0 3.8
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 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 1 1 0 0.6 1.3 0.0
7-9 YEARS 6 3 3 3.8 3.9 3.8
10, 11 YEARS 29 11 18 18.6 14.3 22.8
12 YEARS 61 30 31 39.1 39.0 39.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 47 25 22 30.1 32.5 27.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 12 7 5 7.7 9.1 6.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 115 66 49 73.7 85.7 62.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 36 10 26 23.1 13.0 32.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 1 3 2.6 1.3 3.8
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.
