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DISTRICT: II

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT II , 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                4,473  3,212  1,261   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       2,278  1,636    642    50.9   50.9   50.9
        FEMALES                     2,195  1,576    619    49.1   49.1   49.1
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               885    528    357    19.8   16.4   28.3
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             697    432    265    15.6   13.4   21.0
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             447    260    187    10.0    8.1   14.8
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,500    606    894    33.5   18.9   70.9
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      597    250    347    13.3    7.8   27.5

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    24     13     11     0.5    0.4    0.9
           15-19                      861    515    346    19.2   16.0   27.4
           20-24                    1,387    944    443    31.0   29.4   35.1
           25-29                    1,233    994    239    27.6   30.9   19.0
           30-34                      664    518    146    14.8   16.1   11.6
           35-39                      258    197     61     5.8    6.1    4.8
           40-44                       45     31     14     1.0    1.0    1.1
           45 AND OVER                  1      0      1      #     0.0    0.1
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    22     11     11     0.5    0.3    0.9
           15-19                      575    239    336    12.8    7.4   26.6
           20-24                      517    186    331    11.6    5.8   26.2
           25-29                      226    111    115     5.0    3.4    9.1
           30-34                      100     38     62     2.2    1.2    4.9
           35-39                       50     18     32     1.1    0.6    2.5
           40-44                        9      3      6     0.2    0.1    0.5
           45 AND OVER                  1      0      1      #     0.0    0.1
           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                   27     25      2     0.6    0.8    0.2
           7-9 YEARS                  423    314    109     9.4    9.8    8.6
           10, 11 YEARS               781    489    292    17.5   15.2   23.2
           12 YEARS                 1,533  1,043    490    34.3   32.5   38.8
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE        1,032    760    272    23.1   23.7   21.6
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    670    576     94    15.0   17.9    7.4
           UNKNOWN                      7      5      2     0.2    0.2    0.2

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     42     15     27     0.9    0.5    2.1
           FIRST TRIMESTER          3,821  2,916    905    85.4   90.8   71.8
           SECOND TRIMESTER           524    256    268    11.7    8.0   21.2
           THIRD TRIMESTER             79     24     55     1.8    0.7    4.4
           UNKNOWN MONTH                7      1      6     0.2     #     0.5
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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.

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