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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 419 240 179 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 226 135 91 53.9 56.2 50.8
FEMALES 193 105 88 46.1 43.8 49.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 68 24 44 16.2 10.0 24.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 66 23 43 15.8 9.6 24.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 38 14 24 9.1 5.8 13.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 154 29 125 36.8 12.1 69.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 57 14 43 13.6 5.8 24.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 1.0 - 2.2
15-19 64 24 40 15.3 10.0 22.3
20-24 123 51 72 29.4 21.2 40.2
25-29 100 68 32 23.9 28.3 17.9
30-34 85 68 17 20.3 28.3 9.5
35-39 38 26 12 9.1 10.8 6.7
40-44 4 2 2 1.0 0.8 1.1
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 1.0 - 2.2
15-19 53 14 39 12.6 5.8 21.8
20-24 65 9 56 15.5 3.8 31.3
25-29 19 3 16 4.5 1.2 8.9
30-34 10 3 7 2.4 1.2 3.9
35-39 3 0 3 0.7 - 1.7
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 4 2 2 1.0 0.8 1.1
7-9 YEARS 25 10 15 6.0 4.2 8.4
10, 11 YEARS 46 9 37 11.0 3.8 20.7
12 YEARS 109 52 57 26.0 21.7 31.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 104 63 41 24.8 26.2 22.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 130 103 27 31.0 42.9 15.1
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 2 3 1.2 0.8 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 358 225 133 85.4 93.8 74.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 43 9 34 10.3 3.8 19.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 2 8 2.4 0.8 4.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.7 0.8 0.6
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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.
