(HSWWBRDS)
DISTRICT: III
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT III , 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 4,110 982 3,128 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,134 515 1,619 51.9 52.4 51.8
FEMALES 1,976 467 1,509 48.1 47.6 48.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 1,176 133 1,043 28.6 13.5 33.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 731 119 612 17.8 12.1 19.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 475 81 394 11.6 8.2 12.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,788 208 2,580 67.8 21.2 82.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,111 85 1,026 27.0 8.6 32.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 42 3 39 1.0 0.3 1.2
15-19 1,134 130 1,004 27.6 13.2 32.1
20-24 1,415 288 1,127 34.4 29.3 36.0
25-29 868 335 533 21.1 34.1 17.0
30-34 440 169 271 10.7 17.2 8.7
35-39 175 51 124 4.2 5.2 4.0
40-44 35 6 29 0.8 0.6 0.9
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 # 0.0 #
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 41 2 39 1.0 0.2 1.2
15-19 1,070 83 987 26.0 8.4 31.6
20-24 1,066 67 999 25.9 6.8 31.9
25-29 376 42 334 9.1 4.3 10.7
30-34 155 9 146 3.8 0.9 4.7
35-39 63 4 59 1.5 0.4 1.9
40-44 16 1 15 0.4 0.1 0.5
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 # 0.0 #
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 # 0.0 #
1-6 YEARS 38 12 26 0.9 1.2 0.8
7-9 YEARS 523 105 418 12.7 10.7 13.4
10, 11 YEARS 904 115 789 22.0 11.7 25.2
12 YEARS 1,372 281 1,091 33.4 28.6 34.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 824 222 602 20.0 22.6 19.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 444 247 197 10.8 25.2 6.3
UNKNOWN 4 0 4 0.1 0.0 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 61 1 60 1.5 0.1 1.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 2,882 867 2,015 70.1 88.3 64.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 968 91 877 23.6 9.3 28.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 161 17 144 3.9 1.7 4.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 38 6 32 0.9 0.6 1.0
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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.
