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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 458 419 39 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 247 225 22 53.9 53.7 56.4
FEMALES 211 194 17 46.1 46.3 43.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 78 72 6 17.0 17.2 15.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 43 39 4 9.4 9.3 10.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 35 32 3 7.6 7.6 7.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 162 141 21 35.4 33.6 53.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 46 5 11.1 11.0 12.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 78 72 6 17.0 17.2 15.4
20-24 147 133 14 32.1 31.7 35.9
25-29 116 111 5 25.3 26.5 12.8
30-34 73 64 9 15.9 15.3 23.1
35-39 37 34 3 8.1 8.1 7.7
40-44 7 5 2 1.5 1.2 5.1
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 51 46 5 11.1 11.0 12.8
20-24 74 66 8 16.2 15.8 20.5
25-29 21 16 5 4.6 3.8 12.8
30-34 10 9 1 2.2 2.1 2.6
35-39 4 3 1 0.9 0.7 2.6
40-44 2 1 1 0.4 0.2 2.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
1-6 YEARS 4 3 1 0.9 0.7 2.6
7-9 YEARS 39 36 3 8.5 8.6 7.7
10, 11 YEARS 80 73 7 17.5 17.4 17.9
12 YEARS 140 130 10 30.6 31.0 25.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 118 108 10 25.8 25.8 25.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 76 68 8 16.6 16.2 20.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 4 0 0.9 1.0 -
FIRST TRIMESTER 394 360 34 86.0 85.9 87.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 47 44 3 10.3 10.5 7.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 10 2 2.6 2.4 5.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.2 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.
