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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GEORGE 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 365 319 46 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 185 160 25 50.7 50.2 54.3
FEMALES 180 159 21 49.3 49.8 45.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 73 57 16 20.0 17.9 34.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 57 47 10 15.6 14.7 21.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 29 24 5 7.9 7.5 10.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 101 69 32 27.7 21.6 69.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 41 25 16 11.2 7.8 34.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 73 57 16 20.0 17.9 34.8
20-24 135 120 15 37.0 37.6 32.6
25-29 89 80 9 24.4 25.1 19.6
30-34 50 45 5 13.7 14.1 10.9
35-39 14 13 1 3.8 4.1 2.2
40-44 3 3 0 0.8 0.9 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 41 25 16 11.2 7.8 34.8
20-24 36 24 12 9.9 7.5 26.1
25-29 10 7 3 2.7 2.2 6.5
30-34 7 6 1 1.9 1.9 2.2
35-39 5 5 0 1.4 1.6 -
40-44 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 0 0 0 - - -
7-9 YEARS 44 42 2 12.0 13.2 4.3
10, 11 YEARS 69 60 9 18.9 18.8 19.6
12 YEARS 141 120 21 38.6 37.6 45.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 82 71 11 22.5 22.2 23.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 29 26 3 7.9 8.2 6.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 2 2 1.1 0.6 4.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 301 276 25 82.5 86.5 54.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 54 38 16 14.8 11.9 34.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 1 3 1.1 0.3 6.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.5 0.6 -
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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.
