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COUNTY: CALHOUN

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CALHOUN 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                  202    133     69   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                          99     66     33    49.0   49.6   47.8
        FEMALES                       103     67     36    51.0   50.4   52.2
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS                43     23     20    21.3   17.3   29.0
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              28     19      9    13.9   14.3   13.0
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              23     13     10    11.4    9.8   14.5
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS            88     32     56    43.6   24.1   81.2
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       35     15     20    17.3   11.3   29.0

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     3      1      2     1.5    0.8    2.9
           15-19                       40     22     18    19.8   16.5   26.1
           20-24                       67     40     27    33.2   30.1   39.1
           25-29                       54     39     15    26.7   29.3   21.7
           30-34                       33     27      6    16.3   20.3    8.7
           35-39                        3      3      0     1.5    2.2      -
           40-44                        2      1      1     1.0    0.8    1.4
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     3      1      2     1.5    0.8    2.9
           15-19                       32     14     18    15.8   10.5   26.1
           20-24                       31      8     23    15.3    6.0   33.3
           25-29                       14      4     10     6.9    3.0   14.5
           30-34                        7      4      3     3.5    3.0    4.3
           35-39                        0      0      0       -      -      -
           40-44                        1      1      0     0.5    0.8      -
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                    2      1      1     1.0    0.8    1.4
           7-9 YEARS                   23     15      8    11.4   11.3   11.6
           10, 11 YEARS                36     17     19    17.8   12.8   27.5
           12 YEARS                    75     50     25    37.1   37.6   36.2
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           40     27     13    19.8   20.3   18.8
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     25     23      2    12.4   17.3    2.9
           UNKNOWN                      1      0      1     0.5      -    1.4

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                      3      1      2     1.5    0.8    2.9
           FIRST TRIMESTER            164    120     44    81.2   90.2   63.8
           SECOND TRIMESTER            27     10     17    13.4    7.5   24.6
           THIRD TRIMESTER              7      1      6     3.5    0.8    8.7
           UNKNOWN MONTH                1      1      0     0.5    0.8      -
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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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