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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 1,042 503 539 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 535 245 290 51.3 48.7 53.8
FEMALES 507 258 249 48.6 51.3 46.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 161 53 108 15.4 10.5 20.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 166 47 119 15.9 9.3 22.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 101 28 73 9.7 5.6 13.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 445 79 366 42.7 15.7 67.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 127 28 99 12.2 5.6 18.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 0.9 0.0 1.7
15-19 152 53 99 14.6 10.5 18.4
20-24 321 134 187 30.8 26.6 34.7
25-29 278 161 117 26.7 32.0 21.7
30-34 215 125 90 20.6 24.8 16.7
35-39 57 26 31 5.5 5.2 5.8
40-44 10 4 6 1.0 0.8 1.1
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 9 0 9 0.9 0.0 1.7
15-19 118 28 90 11.3 5.6 16.7
20-24 168 30 138 16.1 6.0 25.6
25-29 82 9 73 7.9 1.8 13.5
30-34 48 9 39 4.6 1.8 7.2
35-39 18 3 15 1.7 0.6 2.8
40-44 2 0 2 0.2 0.0 0.4
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 9 4 5 0.9 0.8 0.9
7-9 YEARS 76 30 46 7.3 6.0 8.5
10, 11 YEARS 134 37 97 12.9 7.4 18.0
12 YEARS 375 154 221 36.0 30.6 41.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 236 115 121 22.6 22.9 22.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 212 163 49 20.3 32.4 9.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 0 8 0.8 0.0 1.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 832 456 376 79.8 90.6 69.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 171 42 129 16.4 8.4 23.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 24 3 21 2.3 0.6 3.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 2 5 0.7 0.4 0.9
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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.
