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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEAKE 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 344 157 187 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 185 83 102 53.8 52.9 54.5
FEMALES 159 74 85 46.2 47.1 45.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 74 28 46 21.5 17.8 24.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 67 24 43 19.5 15.3 23.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 39 10 29 11.3 6.4 15.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 30 126 45.3 19.1 67.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 58 14 44 16.9 8.9 23.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 74 28 46 21.5 17.8 24.6
20-24 107 42 65 31.1 26.8 34.8
25-29 97 49 48 28.2 31.2 25.7
30-34 42 24 18 12.2 15.3 9.6
35-39 20 10 10 5.8 6.4 5.3
40-44 4 4 0 1.2 2.5 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 58 14 44 16.9 8.9 23.5
20-24 54 8 46 15.7 5.1 24.6
25-29 29 3 26 8.4 1.9 13.9
30-34 12 4 8 3.5 2.5 4.3
35-39 3 1 2 0.9 0.6 1.1
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 2 1 1 0.6 0.6 0.5
7-9 YEARS 34 16 18 9.9 10.2 9.6
10, 11 YEARS 59 27 32 17.2 17.2 17.1
12 YEARS 143 52 91 41.6 33.1 48.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 79 39 40 23.0 24.8 21.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 27 22 5 7.8 14.0 2.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 1 5 1.7 0.6 2.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 283 139 144 82.3 88.5 77.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 49 15 34 14.2 9.6 18.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 2 3 1.4 1.3 1.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.5
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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.
