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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TATE 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 340 199 141 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 178 107 71 52.4 53.8 50.4
FEMALES 162 92 70 47.6 46.2 49.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 80 33 47 23.5 16.6 33.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 56 23 33 16.5 11.6 23.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 41 15 26 12.0 7.5 18.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 147 36 111 43.2 18.1 78.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 16 47 18.5 8.0 33.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 2.1
15-19 77 33 44 22.6 16.6 31.2
20-24 103 55 48 30.3 27.6 34.0
25-29 84 56 28 24.7 28.1 19.8
30-34 45 37 8 13.2 18.6 5.7
35-39 20 16 4 5.9 8.0 2.8
40-44 8 2 6 2.4 1.0 4.2
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 3 0 3 0.9 0.0 2.1
15-19 60 16 44 17.6 8.0 31.2
20-24 53 13 40 15.6 6.5 28.4
25-29 19 3 16 5.6 1.5 11.3
30-34 2 2 0 0.6 1.0 0.0
35-39 5 1 4 1.5 0.5 2.8
40-44 5 1 4 1.5 0.5 2.8
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 0.7
7-9 YEARS 26 13 13 7.6 6.5 9.2
10, 11 YEARS 53 20 33 15.6 10.0 23.4
12 YEARS 130 66 64 38.2 33.2 45.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 90 67 23 26.5 33.7 16.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 37 30 7 10.9 15.1 5.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.3 0.5 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 1 7 2.4 0.5 5.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 275 184 91 80.9 92.5 64.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 42 7 35 12.4 3.5 24.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 5 7 3.5 2.5 5.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.9 1.0 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.
