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DISTRICT: V

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT V , 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                9,094  3,923  5,171   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       4,610  1,990  2,620    50.7   50.7   50.7
        FEMALES                     4,484  1,933  2,551    49.3   49.3   49.3
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS             1,825    396  1,429    20.1   10.1   27.6
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*           1,511    447  1,064    16.6   11.4   20.6
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**           1,011    295    716    11.1    7.5   13.8
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         4,433    645  3,788    48.7   16.4   73.2
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS    1,612    220  1,392    17.7    5.6   26.9

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    68      8     60     0.7    0.2    1.2
           15-19                    1,757    388  1,369    19.3    9.9   26.5
           20-24                    2,594    910  1,684    28.5   23.2   32.6
           25-29                    2,317  1,269  1,048    25.5   32.3   20.3
           30-34                    1,566    923    643    17.2   23.5   12.4
           35-39                      659    369    290     7.2    9.4    5.6
           40-44                      132     56     76     1.4    1.4    1.5
           45 AND OVER                  1      0      1      #     0.0     #
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    68      8     60     0.7    0.2    1.2
           15-19                    1,544    212  1,332    17.0    5.4   25.8
           20-24                    1,595    231  1,364    17.5    5.9   26.4
           25-29                      675    106    569     7.4    2.7   11.0
           30-34                      349     55    294     3.8    1.4    5.7
           35-39                      159     30    129     1.7    0.8    2.5
           40-44                       43      3     40     0.5    0.1    0.8
           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                   46     22     24     0.5    0.6    0.5
           7-9 YEARS                  691    232    459     7.6    5.9    8.9
           10, 11 YEARS             1,404    311  1,093    15.4    7.9   21.1
           12 YEARS                 2,579    857  1,722    28.4   21.8   33.3
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE        2,358  1,083  1,275    25.9   27.6   24.6
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE  2,006  1,414    592    22.0   36.0   11.4
           UNKNOWN                     10      4      6     0.1    0.1    0.1

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                    169     22    147     1.8    0.6    2.8
           FIRST TRIMESTER          7,255  3,602  3,653    79.8   91.8   70.6
           SECOND TRIMESTER         1,409    257  1,152    15.5    6.6   22.3
           THIRD TRIMESTER            213     29    184     2.3    0.7    3.6
           UNKNOWN MONTH               48     13     35     0.5    0.3    0.7
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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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