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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JONES 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 904 538 366 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 443 270 173 49.0 50.2 47.3
FEMALES 461 268 193 51.0 49.8 52.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 217 100 117 24.0 18.6 32.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 131 63 68 14.5 11.7 18.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 107 44 63 11.8 8.2 17.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 390 92 298 43.1 17.1 81.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 40 116 17.2 7.4 31.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 2 2 0.4 0.4 0.5
15-19 213 98 115 23.6 18.2 31.4
20-24 317 180 137 35.1 33.4 37.4
25-29 214 146 68 23.7 27.1 18.6
30-34 108 80 28 11.9 14.9 7.6
35-39 42 26 16 4.6 4.8 4.4
40-44 6 6 0 0.7 1.1 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.3 0.2 0.5
15-19 153 39 114 16.9 7.2 31.1
20-24 151 36 115 16.7 6.7 31.4
25-29 54 9 45 6.0 1.7 12.3
30-34 20 4 16 2.2 0.7 4.4
35-39 9 3 6 1.0 0.6 1.6
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 6 4 2 0.7 0.7 0.5
7-9 YEARS 84 46 38 9.3 8.6 10.4
10, 11 YEARS 160 78 82 17.7 14.5 22.4
12 YEARS 323 169 154 35.7 31.4 42.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 232 158 74 25.7 29.4 20.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 96 82 14 10.6 15.2 3.8
UNKNOWN 3 1 2 0.3 0.2 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 0 6 0.7 - 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 770 493 277 85.2 91.6 75.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 99 41 58 11.0 7.6 15.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 16 3 13 1.8 0.6 3.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 13 1 12 1.4 0.2 3.3
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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.
