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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MONROE 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 456 292 164 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 243 158 85 53.3 54.1 51.8
FEMALES 213 134 79 46.7 45.9 48.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 86 39 47 18.9 13.4 28.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 74 34 40 16.2 11.6 24.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 50 27 23 11.0 9.2 14.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 164 51 113 36.0 17.5 68.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 65 18 47 14.2 6.2 28.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 0.6
15-19 84 38 46 18.4 13.0 28.0
20-24 156 103 53 34.2 35.3 32.3
25-29 114 86 28 25.0 29.4 17.1
30-34 59 42 17 12.9 14.4 10.4
35-39 32 18 14 7.0 6.2 8.5
40-44 7 3 4 1.5 1.0 2.4
45 AND OVER 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 0.6
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 63 17 46 13.8 5.8 28.0
20-24 64 24 40 14.0 8.2 24.4
25-29 19 5 14 4.2 1.7 8.5
30-34 7 2 5 1.5 0.7 3.0
35-39 7 2 5 1.5 0.7 3.0
40-44 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 1.2
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 1 2 0.6 0.3 1.2
7-9 YEARS 52 32 20 11.4 11.0 12.2
10, 11 YEARS 72 39 33 15.8 13.4 20.1
12 YEARS 158 104 54 34.6 35.6 32.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 109 62 47 23.9 21.2 28.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 62 54 8 13.6 18.5 4.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 379 259 120 83.1 88.7 73.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 67 29 38 14.7 9.9 23.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 2 4 1.3 0.7 2.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.4 0.7 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.
