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COUNTY: HARRISON

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HARRISON 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                2,866  1,994    872   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       1,419    967    452    49.5   48.5   51.8
        FEMALES                     1,447  1,027    420    50.5   51.5   48.2
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               498    323    175    17.4   16.2   20.1
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             340    216    124    11.9   10.8   14.2
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             223    122    101     7.8    6.1   11.6
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,189    601    588    41.5   30.1   67.4
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      374    214    160    13.0   10.7   18.3

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     7      1      6     0.2     #     0.7
           15-19                      491    322    169    17.1   16.1   19.4
           20-24                      959    623    336    33.5   31.2   38.5
           25-29                      740    537    203    25.8   26.9   23.3
           30-34                      437    333    104    15.2   16.7   11.9
           35-39                      189    147     42     6.6    7.4    4.8
           40-44                       41     30     11     1.4    1.5    1.3
           45 AND OVER                  1      1      0      #      #       -
           UNKNOWN                      1      0      1      #       -    0.1

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     7      1      6     0.2     #     0.7
           15-19                      367    213    154    12.8   10.7   17.7
           20-24                      489    228    261    17.1   11.4   29.9
           25-29                      197     85    112     6.9    4.3   12.8
           30-34                       89     49     40     3.1    2.4    4.6
           35-39                       34     21     13     1.2    1.0    1.5
           40-44                        5      4      1     0.2    0.2    0.1
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      1      0      1      #       -    0.1

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         2      1      1     0.1     #     0.1
           1-6 YEARS                   16      5     11     0.6    0.2    1.3
           7-9 YEARS                  261    188     73     9.1    9.4    8.4
           10, 11 YEARS               427    261    166    14.9   13.1   19.0
           12 YEARS                   907    618    289    31.6   31.0   33.1
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          817    555    262    28.5   27.8   30.0
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    414    350     64    14.4   17.6    7.3
           UNKNOWN                     22     16      6     0.8    0.8    0.7

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     32     14     18     1.1    0.7    2.1
           FIRST TRIMESTER          2,232  1,662    570    77.9   83.4   65.4
           SECOND TRIMESTER           429    234    195    15.0   11.7   22.4
           THIRD TRIMESTER            128     59     69     4.5    3.0    7.9
           UNKNOWN MONTH               45     25     20     1.6    1.2    2.3
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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.

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