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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE COUNTY, 1998
*** 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 165 79 86 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 92 47 45 55.8 59.5 52.3
FEMALES 73 32 41 44.2 40.5 47.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 30 4 26 18.2 5.1 30.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 32 12 20 19.4 15.2 23.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 26 8 18 15.8 10.1 20.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 68 9 59 41.2 11.4 68.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 2 25 16.4 2.5 29.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 30 4 26 18.2 5.1 30.2
20-24 58 26 32 35.2 32.9 37.2
25-29 43 29 14 26.1 36.7 16.3
30-34 23 12 11 13.9 15.2 12.8
35-39 9 8 1 5.4 10.1 1.2
40-44 2 0 2 1.2 - 2.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 27 2 25 16.4 2.5 29.1
20-24 31 5 26 18.8 6.3 30.2
25-29 4 1 3 2.4 1.3 3.5
30-34 4 0 4 2.4 - 4.6
35-39 2 1 1 1.2 1.3 1.2
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 1 1 1.2 1.3 1.2
7-9 YEARS 8 3 5 4.8 3.8 5.8
10, 11 YEARS 19 5 14 11.5 6.3 16.3
12 YEARS 59 23 36 35.8 29.1 41.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 63 36 27 38.2 45.6 31.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 14 11 3 8.5 13.9 3.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 127 69 58 77.0 87.3 67.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 34 9 25 20.6 11.4 29.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 1 3 2.4 1.3 3.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 - - -
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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.
