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COUNTY: ITAWAMBA

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ITAWAMBA 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                  242    225     17   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                         124    117      7    51.2   52.0   41.2
        FEMALES                       118    108     10    48.8   48.0   58.8
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS                39     35      4    16.1   15.6   23.5
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              30     28      2    12.4   12.4   11.8
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              20     18      2     8.3    8.0   11.8
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS            38     30      8    15.7   13.3   47.0
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       15     11      4     6.2    4.9   23.5

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     1      1      0     0.4    0.4      -
           15-19                       38     34      4    15.7   15.1   23.5
           20-24                       75     70      5    31.0   31.1   29.4
           25-29                       74     69      5    30.6   30.7   29.4
           30-34                       43     40      3    17.8   17.8   17.6
           35-39                        5      5      0     2.1    2.2      -
           40-44                        5      5      0     2.1    2.2      -
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      1      1      0     0.4    0.4      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     1      1      0     0.4    0.4      -
           15-19                       14     10      4     5.8    4.4   23.5
           20-24                       13     10      3     5.4    4.4   17.6
           25-29                        9      8      1     3.7    3.6    5.9
           30-34                        1      1      0     0.4    0.4      -
           35-39                        0      0      0       -      -      -
           40-44                        0      0      0       -      -      -
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                    2      1      1     0.8    0.4    5.9
           7-9 YEARS                   27     27      0    11.2   12.0      -
           10, 11 YEARS                35     30      5    14.5   13.3   29.4
           12 YEARS                    80     72      8    33.0   32.0   47.0
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           75     73      2    31.0   32.4   11.8
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     23     22      1     9.5    9.8    5.9
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                      0      0      0       -      -      -
           FIRST TRIMESTER            216    204     12    89.2   90.7   70.6
           SECOND TRIMESTER            24     20      4     9.9    8.9   23.5
           THIRD TRIMESTER              2      1      1     0.8    0.4    5.9
           UNKNOWN MONTH                0      0      0       -      -      -
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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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