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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 200 139 61 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 93 67 26 46.5 48.2 42.6
FEMALES 107 72 35 53.5 51.8 57.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 41 30 11 20.5 21.6 18.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 26 15 11 13.0 10.8 18.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 18 10 8 9.0 7.2 13.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 73 25 48 36.5 18.0 78.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 25 14 11 12.5 10.1 18.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 1.0 0.0 3.3
15-19 39 30 9 19.5 21.6 14.8
20-24 66 43 23 33.0 30.9 37.7
25-29 56 41 15 28.0 29.5 24.6
30-34 23 17 6 11.5 12.2 9.8
35-39 10 7 3 5.0 5.0 4.9
40-44 3 1 2 1.5 0.7 3.3
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 1.0 0.0 3.3
15-19 23 14 9 11.5 10.1 14.8
20-24 28 8 20 14.0 5.8 32.8
25-29 10 1 9 5.0 0.7 14.8
30-34 7 2 5 3.5 1.4 8.2
35-39 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 1.6
40-44 2 0 2 1.0 0.0 3.3
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 1 1 0 0.5 0.7 0.0
7-9 YEARS 14 11 3 7.0 7.9 4.9
10, 11 YEARS 33 27 6 16.5 19.4 9.8
12 YEARS 83 56 27 41.5 40.3 44.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 54 33 21 27.0 23.7 34.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 15 11 4 7.5 7.9 6.6
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 173 120 53 86.5 86.3 86.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 23 17 6 11.5 12.2 9.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 1 2 1.5 0.7 3.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.5 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.
