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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF QUITMAN 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 171 34 137 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 87 13 74 50.9 38.2 54.0
FEMALES 84 21 63 49.1 61.8 46.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 52 7 45 30.4 20.6 32.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 23 5 18 13.4 14.7 13.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 15 3 12 8.8 8.8 8.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 117 6 111 68.4 17.6 81.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 47 3 44 27.5 8.8 32.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 1.2 0.0 1.5
15-19 50 7 43 29.2 20.6 31.4
20-24 64 13 51 37.4 38.2 37.2
25-29 28 8 20 16.4 23.5 14.6
30-34 19 6 13 11.1 17.6 9.5
35-39 6 0 6 3.5 0.0 4.4
40-44 2 0 2 1.2 0.0 1.5
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 1.2 0.0 1.5
15-19 45 3 42 26.3 8.8 30.6
20-24 48 3 45 28.1 8.8 32.8
25-29 9 0 9 5.3 0.0 6.6
30-34 8 0 8 4.7 0.0 5.8
35-39 3 0 3 1.8 0.0 2.2
40-44 2 0 2 1.2 0.0 1.5
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 2 1 1 1.2 2.9 0.7
7-9 YEARS 17 6 11 9.9 17.6 8.0
10, 11 YEARS 35 4 31 20.5 11.8 22.6
12 YEARS 71 8 63 41.5 23.5 46.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 32 6 26 18.7 17.6 19.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 14 9 5 8.2 26.5 3.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 2.3 0.0 2.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 134 31 103 78.4 91.2 75.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 29 3 26 17.0 8.8 19.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 0 4 2.3 0.0 2.9
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.
