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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 320 177 143 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 161 95 66 50.3 53.7 46.2
FEMALES 159 82 77 49.7 46.3 53.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 77 38 39 24.1 21.5 27.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 50 30 20 15.6 16.9 14.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 33 18 15 10.3 10.2 10.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 153 36 117 47.8 20.3 81.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 59 22 37 18.4 12.4 25.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 77 38 39 24.1 21.5 27.3
20-24 116 56 60 36.2 31.6 42.0
25-29 65 35 30 20.3 19.8 21.0
30-34 36 27 9 11.2 15.2 6.3
35-39 20 17 3 6.2 9.6 2.1
40-44 5 3 2 1.6 1.7 1.4
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.3 0.6 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 59 22 37 18.4 12.4 25.9
20-24 55 7 48 17.2 4.0 33.6
25-29 26 4 22 8.1 2.3 15.4
30-34 9 2 7 2.8 1.1 4.9
35-39 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.7
40-44 3 1 2 0.9 0.6 1.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.7
7-9 YEARS 25 16 9 7.8 9.0 6.3
10, 11 YEARS 57 25 32 17.8 14.1 22.4
12 YEARS 130 66 64 40.6 37.3 44.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 70 41 29 21.9 23.2 20.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 35 27 8 10.9 15.2 5.6
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.6 1.1 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 2 0 0.6 1.1 -
FIRST TRIMESTER 272 160 112 85.0 90.4 78.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 34 11 23 10.6 6.2 16.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 2 8 3.1 1.1 5.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.6 1.1 -
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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.
