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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE 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 185 115 70 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 97 64 33 52.4 55.6 47.1
FEMALES 88 51 37 47.6 44.3 52.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 39 20 19 21.1 17.4 27.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 25 15 10 13.5 13.0 14.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 12 7 5 6.5 6.1 7.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 62 15 47 33.5 13.0 67.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 23 6 17 12.4 5.2 24.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 39 20 19 21.1 17.4 27.1
20-24 63 38 25 34.0 33.0 35.7
25-29 42 28 14 22.7 24.3 20.0
30-34 24 17 7 13.0 14.8 10.0
35-39 16 11 5 8.6 9.6 7.1
40-44 1 1 0 0.5 0.9 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 23 6 17 12.4 5.2 24.3
20-24 21 3 18 11.4 2.6 25.7
25-29 8 0 8 4.3 - 11.4
30-34 9 5 4 4.9 4.3 5.7
35-39 1 1 0 0.5 0.9 -
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 2 1 1 1.1 0.9 1.4
7-9 YEARS 14 9 5 7.6 7.8 7.1
10, 11 YEARS 26 14 12 14.0 12.2 17.1
12 YEARS 64 37 27 34.6 32.2 38.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 56 39 17 30.3 33.9 24.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 23 15 8 12.4 13.0 11.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 148 97 51 80.0 84.3 72.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 31 17 14 16.8 14.8 20.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 1 5 3.2 0.9 7.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 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.
