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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY 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 185 83 102 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 98 46 52 53.0 55.4 51.0
FEMALES 87 37 50 47.0 44.6 49.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 52 15 37 28.1 18.1 36.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 27 9 18 14.6 10.8 17.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 20 5 15 10.8 6.0 14.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 101 19 82 54.6 22.9 80.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 10 36 24.9 12.0 35.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 52 15 37 28.1 18.1 36.3
20-24 63 25 38 34.0 30.1 37.2
25-29 39 23 16 21.1 27.7 15.7
30-34 23 15 8 12.4 18.1 7.8
35-39 7 4 3 3.8 4.8 2.9
40-44 1 1 0 0.5 1.2 0.0
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 46 10 36 24.9 12.0 35.3
20-24 32 3 29 17.3 3.6 28.4
25-29 15 4 11 8.1 4.8 10.8
30-34 5 1 4 2.7 1.2 3.9
35-39 3 1 2 1.6 1.2 2.0
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 3 3 0 1.6 3.6 0.0
7-9 YEARS 29 11 18 15.7 13.2 17.6
10, 11 YEARS 32 9 23 17.3 10.8 22.5
12 YEARS 74 30 44 40.0 36.1 43.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 33 18 15 17.8 21.7 14.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 14 12 2 7.6 14.4 2.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 155 76 79 83.8 91.6 77.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 27 6 21 14.6 7.2 20.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 2 1 1 1.1 1.2 1.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.0
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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.
