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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COAHOMA 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 629 115 514 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 305 56 249 48.5 48.7 48.4
FEMALES 324 59 265 51.5 51.3 51.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 204 15 189 32.4 13.0 36.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 115 15 100 18.3 13.0 19.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 73 9 64 11.6 7.8 12.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 479 30 449 76.2 26.1 87.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 198 12 186 31.5 10.4 36.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.4 - 1.8
15-19 195 15 180 31.0 13.0 35.0
20-24 229 38 191 36.4 33.0 37.2
25-29 105 31 74 16.7 27.0 14.4
30-34 58 21 37 9.2 18.3 7.2
35-39 25 8 17 4.0 7.0 3.3
40-44 8 2 6 1.3 1.7 1.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.4 - 1.8
15-19 189 12 177 30.0 10.4 34.4
20-24 180 12 168 28.6 10.4 32.7
25-29 59 3 56 9.4 2.6 10.9
30-34 31 3 28 4.9 2.6 5.4
35-39 10 0 10 1.6 - 1.9
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 7 3 4 1.1 2.6 0.8
7-9 YEARS 85 15 70 13.5 13.0 13.6
10, 11 YEARS 143 13 130 22.7 11.3 25.3
12 YEARS 196 30 166 31.2 26.1 32.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 137 22 115 21.8 19.1 22.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 60 32 28 9.5 27.8 5.4
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 13 2 11 2.1 1.7 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 481 103 378 76.5 89.6 73.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 116 8 108 18.4 7.0 21.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 17 1 16 2.7 0.9 3.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.3 0.9 0.2
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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.
