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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 1,076 579 497 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 541 279 262 50.3 48.2 52.7
FEMALES 535 300 235 49.7 51.8 47.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 190 67 123 17.6 11.6 24.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 165 60 105 15.3 10.4 21.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 102 40 62 9.5 6.9 12.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 467 114 353 43.4 19.7 71.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 153 37 116 14.2 6.4 23.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
15-19 189 67 122 17.6 11.6 24.5
20-24 396 184 212 36.8 31.8 42.6
25-29 271 168 103 25.2 29.0 20.7
30-34 151 115 36 14.0 19.9 7.2
35-39 60 38 22 5.6 6.6 4.4
40-44 8 7 1 0.7 1.2 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
15-19 152 37 115 14.1 6.4 23.1
20-24 210 51 159 19.5 8.8 32.0
25-29 70 16 54 6.5 2.8 10.9
30-34 24 7 17 2.2 1.2 3.4
35-39 9 3 6 0.8 0.5 1.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 7 5 2 0.6 0.9 0.4
7-9 YEARS 70 32 38 6.5 5.5 7.6
10, 11 YEARS 163 57 106 15.1 9.8 21.3
12 YEARS 287 140 147 26.7 24.2 29.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 324 180 144 30.1 31.1 29.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 222 163 59 20.6 28.2 11.9
UNKNOWN 3 2 1 0.3 0.3 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 19 4 15 1.8 0.7 3.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 900 538 362 83.6 92.9 72.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 124 30 94 11.5 5.2 18.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 27 5 22 2.5 0.9 4.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 2 4 0.6 0.3 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.
