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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEAKE 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 329 163 166 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 179 90 89 54.4 55.2 53.6
FEMALES 150 73 77 45.6 44.8 46.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 62 28 34 18.8 17.2 20.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 61 24 37 18.5 14.7 22.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 39 15 24 11.8 9.2 14.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 136 26 110 41.3 16.0 66.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 11 28 11.8 6.7 16.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 1 3 1.2 0.6 1.8
15-19 58 27 31 17.6 16.6 18.7
20-24 123 55 68 37.4 33.7 41.0
25-29 85 52 33 25.8 31.9 19.9
30-34 39 20 19 11.8 12.3 11.4
35-39 13 5 8 4.0 3.1 4.8
40-44 7 3 4 2.1 1.8 2.4
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 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 1.8
15-19 36 11 25 10.9 6.7 15.1
20-24 61 11 50 18.5 6.7 30.1
25-29 21 3 18 6.4 1.8 10.8
30-34 9 1 8 2.7 0.6 4.8
35-39 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 1.8
40-44 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 1.8
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 3 2 1 0.9 1.2 0.6
7-9 YEARS 35 18 17 10.6 11.0 10.2
10, 11 YEARS 52 17 35 15.8 10.4 21.1
12 YEARS 131 59 72 39.8 36.2 43.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 78 47 31 23.7 28.8 18.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 30 20 10 9.1 12.3 6.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 1 2 0.9 0.6 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 281 149 132 85.4 91.4 79.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 39 11 28 11.8 6.7 16.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 2 4 1.8 1.2 2.4
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.
