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DISTRICT: VII
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VII , 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 2,417 1,068 1,349 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,241 532 709 51.3 49.8 52.6
FEMALES 1,176 536 640 48.6 50.2 47.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 519 158 361 21.5 14.8 26.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 358 108 250 14.8 10.1 18.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 254 75 179 10.5 7.0 13.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,172 179 993 48.5 16.8 73.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 416 74 342 17.2 6.9 25.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 13 3 10 0.5 0.3 0.7
15-19 506 155 351 20.9 14.5 26.0
20-24 861 344 517 35.6 32.2 38.3
25-29 548 305 243 22.7 28.6 18.0
30-34 320 184 136 13.2 17.2 10.1
35-39 143 62 81 5.9 5.8 6.0
40-44 26 15 11 1.1 1.4 0.8
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 12 2 10 0.5 0.2 0.7
15-19 404 72 332 16.7 6.7 24.6
20-24 486 65 421 20.1 6.1 31.2
25-29 162 27 135 6.7 2.5 10.0
30-34 69 11 58 2.8 1.0 4.3
35-39 34 2 32 1.4 0.2 2.4
40-44 5 0 5 0.2 0.0 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 14 5 9 0.6 0.5 0.7
7-9 YEARS 158 56 102 6.5 5.2 7.6
10, 11 YEARS 371 120 251 15.4 11.2 18.6
12 YEARS 918 355 563 38.0 33.2 41.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 670 336 334 27.7 31.5 24.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 285 196 89 11.8 18.4 6.6
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 31 3 28 1.3 0.3 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,815 928 887 75.1 86.9 65.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 484 117 367 20.0 11.0 27.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 79 19 60 3.3 1.8 4.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 8 1 7 0.3 0.1 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.
