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DISTRICT: IX
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT IX , 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 6,146 4,577 1,569 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 3,177 2,338 839 51.7 51.1 53.5
FEMALES 2,969 2,239 730 48.3 48.9 46.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 1,150 742 408 18.7 16.2 26.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 816 530 286 13.3 11.6 18.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 534 341 193 8.7 7.4 12.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,279 1,208 1,071 37.1 26.4 68.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 837 453 384 13.6 9.9 24.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 17 7 10 0.3 0.2 0.6
15-19 1,133 735 398 18.4 16.0 25.4
20-24 1,952 1,391 561 31.8 30.4 35.8
25-29 1,618 1,293 325 26.3 28.2 20.7
30-34 932 766 166 15.2 16.7 10.6
35-39 427 338 89 6.9 7.4 5.7
40-44 64 45 19 1.0 1.0 1.2
45 AND OVER 2 2 0 # # 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 17 7 10 0.3 0.2 0.6
15-19 820 446 374 13.3 9.7 23.8
20-24 833 428 405 13.6 9.4 25.8
25-29 378 203 175 6.2 4.4 11.2
30-34 141 79 62 2.3 1.7 4.0
35-39 78 43 35 1.3 0.9 2.2
40-44 12 2 10 0.2 # 0.6
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 2 0 2 # 0.0 0.1
1-6 YEARS 25 13 12 0.4 0.3 0.8
7-9 YEARS 539 408 131 8.8 8.9 8.3
10, 11 YEARS 913 604 309 14.8 13.2 19.7
12 YEARS 2,103 1,496 607 34.2 32.7 38.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,665 1,263 402 27.1 27.6 25.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 863 771 92 14.0 16.8 5.9
UNKNOWN 36 22 14 0.6 0.5 0.9
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 73 32 41 1.2 0.7 2.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 4,839 3,834 1,005 78.7 83.8 64.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 957 564 393 15.6 12.3 25.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 236 125 111 3.8 2.7 7.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 41 22 19 0.7 0.5 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.
