(HSWWBRCO)
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 409 49 360 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 206 21 185 50.4 42.8 51.4
FEMALES 203 28 175 49.6 57.1 48.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 100 3 97 24.4 6.1 26.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 80 7 73 19.6 14.3 20.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 55 5 50 13.4 10.2 13.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 300 9 291 73.4 18.4 80.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 98 2 96 24.0 4.1 26.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.7 - 0.8
15-19 97 3 94 23.7 6.1 26.1
20-24 144 18 126 35.2 36.7 35.0
25-29 99 17 82 24.2 34.7 22.8
30-34 46 6 40 11.2 12.2 11.1
35-39 17 5 12 4.2 10.2 3.3
40-44 3 0 3 0.7 - 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.7 - 0.8
15-19 95 2 93 23.2 4.1 25.8
20-24 109 4 105 26.6 8.2 29.2
25-29 61 2 59 14.9 4.1 16.4
30-34 26 0 26 6.4 - 7.2
35-39 4 1 3 1.0 2.0 0.8
40-44 2 0 2 0.5 - 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 1 1 0.5 2.0 0.3
7-9 YEARS 42 1 41 10.3 2.0 11.4
10, 11 YEARS 79 5 74 19.3 10.2 20.6
12 YEARS 170 17 153 41.6 34.7 42.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 74 13 61 18.1 26.5 16.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 42 12 30 10.3 24.5 8.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 13 2 11 3.2 4.1 3.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 288 43 245 70.4 87.8 68.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 90 4 86 22.0 8.2 23.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 0 12 2.9 - 3.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 0 6 1.5 - 1.7
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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.
