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DISTRICT: VI

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VI , 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                3,449  1,796  1,653   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       1,738    903    835    50.4   50.3   50.5
        FEMALES                     1,711    893    818    49.6   49.7   49.5
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               680    269    411    19.7   15.0   24.9
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             544    241    303    15.8   13.4   18.3
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             332    128    204     9.6    7.1   12.3
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,484    315  1,169    43.0   17.5   70.7
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      517    132    385    15.0    7.4   23.3

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    22      5     17     0.6    0.3    1.0
           15-19                      658    264    394    19.1   14.7   23.8
           20-24                    1,161    571    590    33.7   31.8   35.7
           25-29                      908    525    383    26.3   29.2   23.2
           30-34                      489    318    171    14.2   17.7   10.3
           35-39                      178     98     80     5.2    5.4    4.8
           40-44                       33     15     18     1.0    0.8    1.1
           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                    21      4     17     0.6    0.2    1.0
           15-19                      496    128    368    14.4    7.1   22.3
           20-24                      567    115    452    16.4    6.4   27.3
           25-29                      245     37    208     7.1    2.1   12.6
           30-34                      103     20     83     3.0    1.1    5.0
           35-39                       41      8     33     1.2    0.4    2.0
           40-44                       11      3      8     0.3    0.2    0.5
           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                   18     14      4     0.5    0.8    0.2
           7-9 YEARS                  331    172    159     9.6    9.6    9.6
           10, 11 YEARS               589    207    382    17.1   11.5   23.1
           12 YEARS                 1,253    590    663    36.3   32.8   40.1
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          851    490    361    24.7   27.3   21.8
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    403    322     81    11.7   17.9    4.9
           UNKNOWN                      4      1      3     0.1     #     0.2

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     32      9     23     0.9    0.5    1.4
           FIRST TRIMESTER          2,835  1,595  1,240    82.2   88.8   75.0
           SECOND TRIMESTER           513    172    341    14.9    9.6   20.6
           THIRD TRIMESTER             64     17     47     1.8    0.9    2.8
           UNKNOWN MONTH                5      3      2     0.1    0.2    0.1
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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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