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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF UNION 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 360 286 74 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 192 146 46 53.3 51.0 62.2
FEMALES 168 140 28 46.7 49.0 37.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 62 40 22 17.2 14.0 29.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 65 52 13 18.0 18.2 17.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 42 29 13 11.7 10.1 17.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 104 52 52 28.9 18.2 70.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 35 14 21 9.7 4.9 28.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
15-19 61 39 22 16.9 13.6 29.7
20-24 126 101 25 35.0 35.3 33.8
25-29 100 87 13 27.8 30.4 17.6
30-34 46 37 9 12.8 12.9 12.2
35-39 23 19 4 6.4 6.6 5.4
40-44 3 2 1 0.8 0.7 1.4
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 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
15-19 34 13 21 9.4 4.5 28.4
20-24 37 19 18 10.3 6.6 24.3
25-29 20 12 8 5.6 4.2 10.8
30-34 9 5 4 2.5 1.7 5.4
35-39 3 2 1 0.8 0.7 1.4
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 2 1 1 0.6 0.4 1.4
7-9 YEARS 32 25 7 8.9 8.7 9.4
10, 11 YEARS 59 41 18 16.4 14.3 24.3
12 YEARS 139 105 34 38.6 36.7 45.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 75 64 11 20.8 22.4 14.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 53 50 3 14.7 17.5 4.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 323 262 61 89.7 91.6 82.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 28 20 8 7.8 7.0 10.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 3 3 1.7 1.0 4.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 2.7
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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.
