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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS 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 223 69 154 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 99 24 75 44.4 34.8 48.7
FEMALES 124 45 79 55.6 65.2 51.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 77 17 60 34.5 24.6 39.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 34 3 31 15.2 4.3 20.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 13 2 11 5.8 2.9 7.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 133 16 117 59.6 23.2 76.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 7 56 28.2 10.1 36.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.9 - 1.3
15-19 75 17 58 33.6 24.6 37.7
20-24 69 24 45 30.9 34.8 29.2
25-29 44 11 33 19.7 15.9 21.4
30-34 18 8 10 8.1 11.6 6.5
35-39 12 7 5 5.4 10.1 3.2
40-44 3 2 1 1.3 2.9 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.9 - 1.3
15-19 61 7 54 27.4 10.1 35.1
20-24 46 6 40 20.6 8.7 26.0
25-29 18 2 16 8.1 2.9 10.4
30-34 4 1 3 1.8 1.4 1.9
35-39 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.6
40-44 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.6
7-9 YEARS 28 13 15 12.6 18.8 9.7
10, 11 YEARS 51 16 35 22.9 23.2 22.7
12 YEARS 84 19 65 37.7 27.5 42.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 39 12 27 17.5 17.4 17.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 20 9 11 9.0 13.0 7.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.9 1.4 0.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 178 65 113 79.8 94.2 73.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 37 3 34 16.6 4.3 22.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 0 6 2.7 - 3.9
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.
