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COUNTY: PANOLA

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PANOLA 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                  548    206    342   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                         293    105    188    53.5   51.0   55.0
        FEMALES                       255    101    154    46.5   49.0   45.0
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               143     40    103    26.1   19.4   30.1
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              90     24     66    16.4   11.6   19.3
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              70     17     53    12.8    8.2   15.5
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS           319     42    277    58.2   20.4   81.0
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      112     13     99    20.4    6.3   28.9

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     3      0      3     0.5    0.0    0.9
           15-19                      140     40    100    25.5   19.4   29.2
           20-24                      205     64    141    37.4   31.1   41.2
           25-29                      111     56     55    20.2   27.2   16.1
           30-34                       59     32     27    10.8   15.5    7.9
           35-39                       26     13     13     4.7    6.3    3.8
           40-44                        4      1      3     0.7    0.5    0.9
           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     0.5    0.0    0.9
           15-19                      109     13     96    19.9    6.3   28.1
           20-24                      142     18    124    25.9    8.7   36.2
           25-29                       39      7     32     7.1    3.4    9.4
           30-34                       16      4     12     2.9    1.9    3.5
           35-39                        8      0      8     1.5    0.0    2.3
           40-44                        2      0      2     0.4    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                    4      1      3     0.7    0.5    0.9
           7-9 YEARS                   86     28     58    15.7   13.6   17.0
           10, 11 YEARS               110     32     78    20.1   15.5   22.8
           12 YEARS                   211     65    146    38.5   31.6   42.7
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          100     50     50    18.2   24.3   14.6
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     37     30      7     6.8   14.6    2.0
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     11      1     10     2.0    0.5    2.9
           FIRST TRIMESTER            432    186    246    78.8   90.3   71.9
           SECOND TRIMESTER            89     16     73    16.2    7.8   21.3
           THIRD TRIMESTER             11      2      9     2.0    1.0    2.6
           UNKNOWN MONTH                5      1      4     0.9    0.5    1.2
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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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