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COUNTY: MARION

        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.

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