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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 635 540 95 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 302 253 49 47.6 46.8 51.6
FEMALES 333 287 46 52.4 53.1 48.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 67 58 9 10.6 10.7 9.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 92 76 16 14.5 14.1 16.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 54 42 12 8.5 7.8 12.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 142 92 50 22.4 17.0 52.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 27 9 5.7 5.0 9.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
15-19 66 57 9 10.4 10.6 9.5
20-24 192 158 34 30.2 29.2 35.8
25-29 182 162 20 28.7 30.0 21.0
30-34 147 123 24 23.2 22.8 25.3
35-39 41 36 5 6.4 6.7 5.3
40-44 6 3 3 0.9 0.6 3.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
15-19 35 26 9 5.5 4.8 9.5
20-24 65 39 26 10.2 7.2 27.4
25-29 25 17 8 3.9 3.1 8.4
30-34 13 8 5 2.0 1.5 5.3
35-39 3 1 2 0.5 0.2 2.1
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 0.6 0.4 2.1
7-9 YEARS 41 39 2 6.4 7.2 2.1
10, 11 YEARS 57 45 12 9.0 8.3 12.6
12 YEARS 163 138 25 25.7 25.6 26.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 185 147 38 29.1 27.2 40.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 183 167 16 28.8 30.9 16.8
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 1 2 0.5 0.2 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 579 503 76 91.2 93.1 80.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 45 31 14 7.1 5.7 14.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 3 2 0.8 0.6 2.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.5 0.4 1.0
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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.
