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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 149 32 117 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 63 16 47 42.3 50.0 40.2
FEMALES 86 16 70 57.7 50.0 59.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 32 5 27 21.5 15.6 23.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 26 2 24 17.4 6.2 20.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 15 3 12 10.1 9.4 10.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 92 9 83 61.7 28.1 70.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 30 3 27 20.1 9.4 23.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 2.0 3.1 1.7
15-19 29 4 25 19.5 12.5 21.4
20-24 53 7 46 35.6 21.9 39.3
25-29 33 11 22 22.1 34.4 18.8
30-34 18 6 12 12.1 18.8 10.2
35-39 9 2 7 6.0 6.2 6.0
40-44 4 1 3 2.7 3.1 2.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 2.0 3.1 1.7
15-19 27 2 25 18.1 6.2 21.4
20-24 42 3 39 28.2 9.4 33.3
25-29 12 2 10 8.0 6.2 8.5
30-34 5 0 5 3.4 - 4.3
35-39 2 1 1 1.3 3.1 0.8
40-44 1 0 1 0.7 - 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 0 2 1.3 - 1.7
7-9 YEARS 11 3 8 7.4 9.4 6.8
10, 11 YEARS 25 4 21 16.8 12.5 17.9
12 YEARS 55 9 46 36.9 28.1 39.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 41 7 34 27.5 21.9 29.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 15 9 6 10.1 28.1 5.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.7 - 0.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 108 29 79 72.5 90.6 67.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 32 3 29 21.5 9.4 24.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 0 7 4.7 - 6.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.7 - 0.8
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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.
