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DISTRICT: I

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT I , 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                3,996  2,139  1,857   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       2,086  1,114    972    52.2   52.1   52.3
        FEMALES                     1,910  1,025    885    47.8   47.9   47.6
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               844    248    596    21.1   11.6   32.1
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             555    214    341    13.9   10.0   18.4
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             382    146    236     9.6    6.8   12.7
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,913    414  1,499    47.9   19.4   80.7
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      708    127    581    17.7    5.9   31.3

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    32      3     29     0.8    0.1    1.6
           15-19                      812    245    567    20.3   11.4   30.5
           20-24                    1,316    622    694    32.9   29.1   37.4
           25-29                    1,004    700    304    25.1   32.7   16.4
           30-34                      579    412    167    14.5   19.3    9.0
           35-39                      207    138     69     5.2    6.4    3.7
           40-44                       45     19     26     1.1    0.9    1.4
           45 AND OVER                  1      0      1      #     0.0     #
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    32      3     29     0.8    0.1    1.6
           15-19                      676    124    552    16.9    5.8   29.7
           20-24                      744    154    590    18.6    7.2   31.8
           25-29                      280     82    198     7.0    3.8   10.7
           30-34                      114     34     80     2.8    1.6    4.3
           35-39                       52     16     36     1.3    0.7    1.9
           40-44                       15      1     14     0.4     #     0.8
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0     0.0    0.0    0.0

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         1      1      0      #      #     0.0
           1-6 YEARS                   41     19     22     1.0    0.9    1.2
           7-9 YEARS                  377    153    224     9.4    7.2   12.1
           10, 11 YEARS               657    224    433    16.4   10.5   23.3
           12 YEARS                 1,492    697    795    37.3   32.6   42.8
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          914    611    303    22.9   28.6   16.3
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    507    430     77    12.7   20.1    4.1
           UNKNOWN                      7      4      3     0.2    0.2    0.2

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     60     16     44     1.5    0.7    2.4
           FIRST TRIMESTER          3,323  1,955  1,368    83.2   91.4   73.7
           SECOND TRIMESTER           512    142    370    12.8    6.6   19.9
           THIRD TRIMESTER             83     18     65     2.1    0.8    3.5
           UNKNOWN MONTH               18      8     10     0.4    0.4    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.