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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MARSHALL 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 529 224 305 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 258 114 144 48.8 50.9 47.2
FEMALES 271 110 161 51.2 49.1 52.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 131 43 88 24.8 19.2 28.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 84 27 57 15.9 12.0 18.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 75 26 49 14.2 11.6 16.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 292 60 232 55.2 26.8 76.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 112 26 86 21.2 11.6 28.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 2 3 0.9 0.9 1.0
15-19 126 41 85 23.8 18.3 27.9
20-24 172 69 103 32.5 30.8 33.8
25-29 117 66 51 22.1 29.5 16.7
30-34 67 31 36 12.7 13.8 11.8
35-39 35 14 21 6.6 6.2 6.9
40-44 7 1 6 1.3 0.4 2.0
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 5 2 3 0.9 0.9 1.0
15-19 107 24 83 20.2 10.7 27.2
20-24 101 19 82 19.1 8.5 26.9
25-29 39 13 26 7.4 5.8 8.5
30-34 24 1 23 4.5 0.4 7.5
35-39 12 0 12 2.3 0.0 3.9
40-44 4 1 3 0.8 0.4 1.0
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 63 32 31 11.9 14.3 10.2
10, 11 YEARS 107 45 62 20.2 20.1 20.3
12 YEARS 223 91 132 42.2 40.6 43.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 101 39 62 19.1 17.4 20.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 33 16 17 6.2 7.1 5.6
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.4 0.4 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 3 5 1.5 1.3 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 402 198 204 76.0 88.4 66.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 105 22 83 19.8 9.8 27.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 14 1 13 2.6 0.4 4.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 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.
