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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEE 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 1,153 774 379 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 591 395 196 51.2 51.0 51.7
FEMALES 562 379 183 48.7 49.0 48.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 240 122 118 20.8 15.8 31.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 164 82 82 14.2 10.6 21.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 95 42 53 8.2 5.4 14.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 421 145 276 36.5 18.7 72.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 179 63 116 15.5 8.1 30.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 3 4 0.6 0.4 1.0
15-19 233 119 114 20.2 15.4 30.1
20-24 330 200 130 28.6 25.8 34.3
25-29 307 240 67 26.6 31.0 17.7
30-34 192 150 42 16.6 19.4 11.1
35-39 72 55 17 6.2 7.1 4.5
40-44 11 7 4 1.0 0.9 1.0
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 6 2 4 0.5 0.2 1.0
15-19 173 61 112 15.0 7.9 29.6
20-24 144 42 102 12.5 5.4 26.9
25-29 53 25 28 4.6 3.2 7.4
30-34 24 8 16 2.1 1.0 4.2
35-39 18 7 11 1.6 0.9 2.9
40-44 2 0 2 0.2 0.0 0.5
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.3
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 3 1 0.3 0.4 0.3
7-9 YEARS 106 69 37 9.2 8.9 9.8
10, 11 YEARS 223 117 106 19.3 15.1 28.0
12 YEARS 353 226 127 30.6 29.2 33.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 275 191 84 23.8 24.7 22.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 192 168 24 16.6 21.7 6.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 15 3 12 1.3 0.4 3.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 963 700 263 83.5 90.4 69.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 145 65 80 12.6 8.4 21.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 29 6 23 2.5 0.8 6.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.3
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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.
