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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 529 94 435 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 270 51 219 51.0 54.2 50.3
FEMALES 259 43 216 49.0 45.7 49.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 171 15 156 32.3 16.0 35.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 101 8 93 19.1 8.5 21.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 59 4 55 11.2 4.2 12.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 394 21 373 74.5 22.3 85.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 164 9 155 31.0 9.6 35.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 8 0 8 1.5 0.0 1.8
15-19 163 15 148 30.8 16.0 34.0
20-24 191 31 160 36.1 33.0 36.8
25-29 101 29 72 19.1 30.8 16.6
30-34 46 13 33 8.7 13.8 7.6
35-39 15 4 11 2.8 4.2 2.5
40-44 5 2 3 0.9 2.1 0.7
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 8 0 8 1.5 0.0 1.8
15-19 156 9 147 29.5 9.6 33.8
20-24 152 8 144 28.7 8.5 33.1
25-29 48 4 44 9.1 4.2 10.1
30-34 21 0 21 4.0 0.0 4.8
35-39 8 0 8 1.5 0.0 1.8
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.2
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 11 1 10 2.1 1.1 2.3
7-9 YEARS 80 13 67 15.1 13.8 15.4
10, 11 YEARS 107 8 99 20.2 8.5 22.8
12 YEARS 167 20 147 31.6 21.3 33.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 112 20 92 21.2 21.3 21.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 52 32 20 9.8 34.0 4.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 1 5 1.1 1.1 1.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 382 79 303 72.2 84.0 69.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 121 9 112 22.9 9.6 25.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 16 4 12 3.0 4.2 2.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 1 3 0.8 1.1 0.7
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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.
