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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JACKSON 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 1,862 1,308 554 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 933 659 274 50.1 50.4 49.4
FEMALES 929 649 280 49.9 49.6 50.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 351 212 139 18.8 16.2 25.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 246 149 97 13.2 11.4 17.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 162 91 71 8.7 7.0 12.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 731 349 382 39.2 26.7 69.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 263 132 131 14.1 10.1 23.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 2 4 0.3 0.2 0.7
15-19 345 210 135 18.5 16.0 24.4
20-24 566 358 208 30.4 27.4 37.5
25-29 512 391 121 27.5 29.9 21.8
30-34 287 235 52 15.4 18.0 9.4
35-39 127 100 27 6.8 7.6 4.9
40-44 19 12 7 1.0 0.9 1.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 6 2 4 0.3 0.2 0.7
15-19 257 130 127 13.8 9.9 22.9
20-24 280 121 159 15.0 9.2 28.7
25-29 121 59 62 6.5 4.5 11.2
30-34 35 19 16 1.9 1.4 2.9
35-39 29 17 12 1.6 1.3 2.2
40-44 3 1 2 0.2 0.1 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 4 3 1 0.2 0.2 0.2
7-9 YEARS 123 85 38 6.6 6.5 6.8
10, 11 YEARS 296 185 111 15.9 14.1 20.0
12 YEARS 664 428 236 35.7 32.7 42.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 493 360 133 26.5 27.5 24.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 276 245 31 14.8 18.7 5.6
UNKNOWN 6 2 4 0.3 0.2 0.7
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 21 4 17 1.1 0.3 3.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,495 1,121 374 80.3 85.7 67.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 278 147 131 14.9 11.2 23.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 53 25 28 2.8 1.9 5.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 15 11 4 0.8 0.8 0.7
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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.
