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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LINCOLN 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 453 294 159 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 227 146 81 50.1 49.7 50.9
FEMALES 226 148 78 49.9 50.3 49.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 87 40 47 19.2 13.6 29.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 65 34 31 14.3 11.6 19.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 37 21 16 8.2 7.1 10.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 164 46 118 36.2 15.6 74.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 19 44 13.9 6.5 27.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 0.6
15-19 85 39 46 18.8 13.3 28.9
20-24 153 91 62 33.8 31.0 39.0
25-29 114 83 31 25.2 28.2 19.5
30-34 69 57 12 15.2 19.4 7.5
35-39 24 17 7 5.3 5.8 4.4
40-44 6 6 0 1.3 2.0 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 0.6
15-19 61 18 43 13.5 6.1 27.0
20-24 72 19 53 15.9 6.5 33.3
25-29 20 6 14 4.4 2.0 8.8
30-34 8 2 6 1.8 0.7 3.8
35-39 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.6
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 0.2 0.3 0.0
7-9 YEARS 30 14 16 6.6 4.8 10.1
10, 11 YEARS 48 25 23 10.6 8.5 14.5
12 YEARS 151 94 57 33.3 32.0 35.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 149 96 53 32.9 32.6 33.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 74 64 10 16.3 21.8 6.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 0.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 345 250 95 76.2 85.0 59.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 92 37 55 20.3 12.6 34.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 11 6 5 2.4 2.0 3.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 0.7 0.0 1.9
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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.
