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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NEWTON 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 317 177 140 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 162 96 66 51.1 54.2 47.1
FEMALES 155 81 74 48.9 45.8 52.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 57 19 38 18.0 10.7 27.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 48 24 24 15.1 13.6 17.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 24 12 12 7.6 6.8 8.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 116 26 90 36.6 14.7 64.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 34 1 33 10.7 0.6 23.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.4
15-19 55 19 36 17.4 10.7 25.7
20-24 112 66 46 35.3 37.3 32.8
25-29 89 51 38 28.1 28.8 27.1
30-34 42 31 11 13.2 17.5 7.8
35-39 17 10 7 5.4 5.6 5.0
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
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.4
15-19 32 1 31 10.1 0.6 22.1
20-24 45 14 31 14.2 7.9 22.1
25-29 21 5 16 6.6 2.8 11.4
30-34 13 5 8 4.1 2.8 5.7
35-39 3 1 2 0.9 0.6 1.4
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 29 19 10 9.1 10.7 7.1
10, 11 YEARS 55 18 37 17.4 10.2 26.4
12 YEARS 100 53 47 31.5 29.9 33.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 105 64 41 33.1 36.2 29.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 28 23 5 8.8 13.0 3.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 1 0 0.3 0.6 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 249 147 102 78.5 83.0 72.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 60 26 34 18.9 14.7 24.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 3 4 2.2 1.7 2.8
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.
