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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE 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 1,187 617 570 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 612 317 295 51.6 51.4 51.8
FEMALES 575 300 275 48.4 48.6 48.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 210 59 151 17.7 9.6 26.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 177 70 107 14.9 11.3 18.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 111 41 70 9.4 6.6 12.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 533 123 410 44.9 19.9 71.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 186 41 145 15.7 6.6 25.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 16 0 16 1.3 - 2.8
15-19 194 59 135 16.3 9.6 23.7
20-24 379 185 194 31.9 30.0 34.0
25-29 350 212 138 29.5 34.4 24.2
30-34 186 121 65 15.7 19.6 11.4
35-39 56 37 19 4.7 6.0 3.3
40-44 5 3 2 0.4 0.5 0.4
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 16 0 16 1.3 - 2.8
15-19 170 41 129 14.3 6.6 22.6
20-24 184 38 146 15.5 6.2 25.6
25-29 106 22 84 8.9 3.6 14.7
30-34 39 14 25 3.3 2.3 4.4
35-39 15 7 8 1.3 1.1 1.4
40-44 2 1 1 0.2 0.2 0.2
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 0 2 0.2 - 0.4
7-9 YEARS 98 36 62 8.2 5.8 10.9
10, 11 YEARS 177 51 126 14.9 8.3 22.1
12 YEARS 379 181 198 31.9 29.3 34.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 347 195 152 29.2 31.6 26.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 184 154 30 15.5 25.0 5.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 12 1 11 1.0 0.2 1.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 938 539 399 79.0 87.4 70.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 213 68 145 17.9 11.0 25.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 22 9 13 1.8 1.4 2.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.2 - 0.4
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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.
