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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WALTHALL 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 221 86 135 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 107 43 64 48.4 50.0 47.4
FEMALES 114 43 71 51.6 50.0 52.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 52 16 36 23.5 18.6 26.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 27 6 21 12.2 7.0 15.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 20 3 17 9.0 3.5 12.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 100 14 86 45.2 16.3 63.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 38 7 31 17.2 8.1 23.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 52 16 36 23.5 18.6 26.7
20-24 87 30 57 39.4 34.9 42.2
25-29 56 31 25 25.3 36.0 18.5
30-34 16 8 8 7.2 9.3 5.9
35-39 10 1 9 4.5 1.2 6.7
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
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 38 7 31 17.2 8.1 23.0
20-24 48 4 44 21.7 4.6 32.6
25-29 9 2 7 4.1 2.3 5.2
30-34 4 1 3 1.8 1.2 2.2
35-39 1 0 1 0.4 0.0 0.7
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 0 2 0.9 0.0 1.5
7-9 YEARS 10 4 6 4.5 4.6 4.4
10, 11 YEARS 35 10 25 15.8 11.6 18.5
12 YEARS 101 35 66 45.7 40.7 48.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 54 25 29 24.4 29.1 21.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 18 12 6 8.1 14.0 4.4
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.4 0.0 0.7
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 0 3 1.4 0.0 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 182 76 106 82.4 88.4 78.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 32 7 25 14.5 8.1 18.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 3 1 1.8 3.5 0.7
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.
