(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: WASHINGTON
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON 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 1,159 257 902 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 572 122 450 49.4 47.5 49.9
FEMALES 587 135 452 50.6 52.5 50.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 348 36 312 30.0 14.0 34.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 229 31 198 19.8 12.1 22.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 161 20 141 13.9 7.8 15.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 833 70 763 71.9 27.2 84.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 334 26 308 28.8 10.1 34.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 15 2 13 1.3 0.8 1.4
15-19 333 34 299 28.7 13.2 33.1
20-24 410 82 328 35.4 31.9 36.4
25-29 240 86 154 20.7 33.5 17.1
30-34 109 42 67 9.4 16.3 7.4
35-39 43 10 33 3.7 3.9 3.6
40-44 9 1 8 0.8 0.4 0.9
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 14 1 13 1.2 0.4 1.4
15-19 320 25 295 27.6 9.7 32.7
20-24 319 24 295 27.5 9.3 32.7
25-29 116 13 103 10.0 5.0 11.4
30-34 41 4 37 3.5 1.6 4.1
35-39 18 2 16 1.6 0.8 1.8
40-44 5 1 4 0.4 0.4 0.4
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 5 2 3 0.4 0.8 0.3
7-9 YEARS 162 34 128 14.0 13.2 14.2
10, 11 YEARS 283 33 250 24.4 12.8 27.7
12 YEARS 381 91 290 32.9 35.4 32.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 211 48 163 18.2 18.7 18.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 117 49 68 10.1 19.1 7.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 20 0 20 1.7 0.0 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 813 221 592 70.1 86.0 65.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 281 30 251 24.2 11.7 27.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 41 5 36 3.5 1.9 4.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 1 3 0.3 0.4 0.3
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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.
