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DISTRICT: IV

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT IV , 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                3,670  1,775  1,895   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       1,871    909    962    51.0   51.2   50.8
        FEMALES                     1,799    866    933    49.0   48.8   49.2
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               684    215    469    18.6   12.1   24.7
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             582    187    395    15.8   10.5   20.8
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             375    117    258    10.2    6.6   13.6
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,638    289  1,349    44.6   16.3   71.2
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      558    101    457    15.2    5.7   24.1

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    26      2     24     0.7    0.1    1.3
           15-19                      658    213    445    17.9   12.0   23.5
           20-24                    1,207    553    654    32.9   31.2   34.5
           25-29                      939    550    389    25.6   31.0   20.5
           30-34                      572    324    248    15.6   18.2   13.1
           35-39                      228    114    114     6.2    6.4    6.0
           40-44                       38     18     20     1.0    1.0    1.0
           45 AND OVER                  2      1      1      #      #      #
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    26      2     24     0.7    0.1    1.3
           15-19                      532     99    433    14.5    5.6   22.8
           20-24                      633    120    513    17.2    6.8   27.1
           25-29                      256     35    221     7.0    2.0   11.7
           30-34                      115     18     97     3.1    1.0    5.1
           35-39                       67     14     53     1.8    0.8    2.8
           40-44                        9      1      8     0.2     #     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                   29     17     12     0.8    1.0    0.6
           7-9 YEARS                  365    156    209     9.9    8.8   11.0
           10, 11 YEARS               574    174    400    15.6    9.8   21.1
           12 YEARS                 1,245    558    687    33.9   31.4   36.2
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          828    404    424    22.6   22.8   22.4
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    629    466    163    17.1   26.2    8.6
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     39      2     37     1.1    0.1    2.0
           FIRST TRIMESTER          2,789  1,548  1,241    76.0   87.2   65.5
           SECOND TRIMESTER           657    188    469    17.9   10.6   24.7
           THIRD TRIMESTER            151     26    125     4.1    1.5    6.6
           UNKNOWN MONTH               34     11     23     0.9    0.6    1.2
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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.