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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEFLORE 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 670 142 528 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 359 74 285 53.6 52.1 54.0
FEMALES 311 68 243 46.4 47.9 46.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 192 18 174 28.6 12.7 33.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 91 19 72 13.6 13.4 13.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 57 13 44 8.5 9.2 8.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 466 24 442 69.6 16.9 83.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 183 10 173 27.3 7.0 32.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.3 0.0 1.7
15-19 183 18 165 27.3 12.7 31.2
20-24 230 34 196 34.3 23.9 37.1
25-29 139 48 91 20.7 33.8 17.2
30-34 70 29 41 10.4 20.4 7.8
35-39 30 12 18 4.5 8.4 3.4
40-44 8 1 7 1.2 0.7 1.3
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.3 0.0 1.7
15-19 174 10 164 26.0 7.0 31.1
20-24 183 8 175 27.3 5.6 33.1
25-29 64 5 59 9.6 3.5 11.2
30-34 23 0 23 3.4 0.0 4.4
35-39 8 1 7 1.2 0.7 1.3
40-44 4 0 4 0.6 0.0 0.8
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.2
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 1 3 0.6 0.7 0.6
7-9 YEARS 65 8 57 9.7 5.6 10.8
10, 11 YEARS 167 20 147 24.9 14.1 27.8
12 YEARS 210 29 181 31.3 20.4 34.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 141 41 100 21.0 28.9 18.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 80 43 37 11.9 30.3 7.0
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.4 0.0 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 14 0 14 2.1 0.0 2.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 359 122 237 53.6 85.9 44.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 226 15 211 33.7 10.6 40.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 57 4 53 8.5 2.8 10.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 14 1 13 2.1 0.7 2.5
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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.
