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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MARION 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 397 235 162 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 205 125 80 51.6 53.2 49.4
FEMALES 192 110 82 48.4 46.8 50.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 95 47 48 23.9 20.0 29.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 52 23 29 13.1 9.8 17.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 51 16 35 12.8 6.8 21.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 170 57 113 42.8 24.2 69.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 69 24 45 17.4 10.2 27.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.8 0.0 1.8
15-19 92 47 45 23.2 20.0 27.8
20-24 156 90 66 39.3 38.3 40.7
25-29 90 61 29 22.7 26.0 17.9
30-34 37 25 12 9.3 10.6 7.4
35-39 17 11 6 4.3 4.7 3.7
40-44 2 1 1 0.5 0.4 0.6
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 0.8 0.0 1.8
15-19 66 24 42 16.6 10.2 25.9
20-24 74 25 49 18.6 10.6 30.2
25-29 20 5 15 5.0 2.1 9.2
30-34 5 3 2 1.2 1.3 1.2
35-39 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.6
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.6
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 0.8 0.8 0.6
7-9 YEARS 34 23 11 8.6 9.8 6.8
10, 11 YEARS 68 38 30 17.1 16.2 18.5
12 YEARS 158 83 75 39.8 35.3 46.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 101 61 40 25.4 26.0 24.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 32 27 5 8.1 11.5 3.1
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 337 217 120 84.9 92.3 74.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 48 14 34 12.1 6.0 21.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 2 8 2.5 0.8 4.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.5 0.8 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.
