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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ADAMS 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 479 185 294 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 253 101 152 52.8 54.6 51.7
FEMALES 226 84 142 47.2 45.4 48.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 97 30 67 20.2 16.2 22.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 91 25 66 19.0 13.5 22.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 69 19 50 14.4 10.3 17.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 268 32 236 56.0 17.3 80.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 77 12 65 16.1 6.5 22.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.8 0.0 1.4
15-19 93 30 63 19.4 16.2 21.4
20-24 168 49 119 35.1 26.5 40.5
25-29 116 59 57 24.2 31.9 19.4
30-34 60 32 28 12.5 17.3 9.5
35-39 30 10 20 6.3 5.4 6.8
40-44 8 5 3 1.7 2.7 1.0
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 4 0 4 0.8 0.0 1.4
15-19 73 12 61 15.2 6.5 20.7
20-24 113 11 102 23.6 5.9 34.7
25-29 46 5 41 9.6 2.7 13.9
30-34 20 2 18 4.2 1.1 6.1
35-39 9 2 7 1.9 1.1 2.4
40-44 3 0 3 0.6 0.0 1.0
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 3 1 2 0.6 0.5 0.7
7-9 YEARS 35 12 23 7.3 6.5 7.8
10, 11 YEARS 73 26 47 15.2 14.0 16.0
12 YEARS 198 60 138 41.3 32.4 46.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 101 40 61 21.1 21.6 20.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 69 46 23 14.4 24.9 7.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 1 6 1.5 0.5 2.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 387 170 217 80.8 91.9 73.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 74 13 61 15.4 7.0 20.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 1 9 2.1 0.5 3.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 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.
