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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SIMPSON 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 335 203 132 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 171 97 74 51.0 47.8 56.1
FEMALES 164 106 58 49.0 52.2 43.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 75 46 29 22.4 22.7 22.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 45 25 20 13.4 12.3 15.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 32 19 13 9.6 9.4 9.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 130 38 92 38.8 18.7 69.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 22 26 14.3 10.8 19.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.6 0.5 0.8
15-19 73 45 28 21.8 22.2 21.2
20-24 113 59 54 33.7 29.1 40.9
25-29 78 52 26 23.3 25.6 19.7
30-34 47 30 17 14.0 14.8 12.9
35-39 14 9 5 4.2 4.4 3.8
40-44 8 7 1 2.4 3.4 0.8
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 1 1 0.6 0.5 0.8
15-19 46 21 25 13.7 10.3 18.9
20-24 49 7 42 14.6 3.4 31.8
25-29 19 5 14 5.7 2.5 10.6
30-34 10 3 7 3.0 1.5 5.3
35-39 3 1 2 0.9 0.5 1.5
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.8
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 3 2 1 0.9 1.0 0.8
7-9 YEARS 30 20 10 9.0 9.8 7.6
10, 11 YEARS 52 26 26 15.5 12.8 19.7
12 YEARS 122 61 61 36.4 30.0 46.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 90 64 26 26.9 31.5 19.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 38 30 8 11.3 14.8 6.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.6 0.5 0.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 285 180 105 85.1 88.7 79.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 43 20 23 12.8 9.8 17.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 2 3 1.5 1.0 2.3
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.
