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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY 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 122 25 97 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 51 10 41 41.8 40.0 42.3
FEMALES 71 15 56 58.2 60.0 57.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 32 2 30 26.2 8.0 30.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 16 4 12 13.1 16.0 12.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 16 4 12 13.1 16.0 12.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 86 4 82 70.5 16.0 84.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 31 1 30 25.4 4.0 30.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.0
15-19 31 2 29 25.4 8.0 29.9
20-24 46 10 36 37.7 40.0 37.1
25-29 27 7 20 22.1 28.0 20.6
30-34 10 5 5 8.2 20.0 5.2
35-39 6 1 5 4.9 4.0 5.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.0
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 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.0
15-19 30 1 29 24.6 4.0 29.9
20-24 33 2 31 27.0 8.0 32.0
25-29 15 1 14 12.3 4.0 14.4
30-34 3 0 3 2.4 0.0 3.1
35-39 4 0 4 3.3 0.0 4.1
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 1 0 1 0.8 0.0 1.0
7-9 YEARS 15 4 11 12.3 16.0 11.3
10, 11 YEARS 29 0 29 23.8 0.0 29.9
12 YEARS 44 8 36 36.1 32.0 37.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 22 5 17 18.0 20.0 17.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 11 8 3 9.0 32.0 3.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 1 4 4.1 4.0 4.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 70 21 49 57.4 84.0 50.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 28 3 25 23.0 12.0 25.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 16 0 16 13.1 0.0 16.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 2.4 0.0 3.1
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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.
