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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 983 497 486 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 507 256 251 51.6 51.5 51.6
FEMALES 476 241 235 48.4 48.5 48.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 173 50 123 17.6 10.1 25.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 137 43 94 13.9 8.6 19.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 92 30 62 9.4 6.0 12.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 415 91 324 42.2 18.3 66.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 141 26 115 14.3 5.2 23.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 0 6 0.6 - 1.2
15-19 167 50 117 17.0 10.1 24.1
20-24 301 139 162 30.6 28.0 33.3
25-29 264 158 106 26.8 31.8 21.8
30-34 185 110 75 18.8 22.1 15.4
35-39 51 33 18 5.2 6.6 3.7
40-44 9 7 2 0.9 1.4 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 6 0 6 0.6 - 1.2
15-19 135 26 109 13.7 5.2 22.4
20-24 154 37 117 15.7 7.4 24.1
25-29 62 11 51 6.3 2.2 10.5
30-34 42 11 31 4.3 2.2 6.4
35-39 14 6 8 1.4 1.2 1.6
40-44 2 0 2 0.2 - 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 7 5 2 0.7 1.0 0.4
7-9 YEARS 70 18 52 7.1 3.6 10.7
10, 11 YEARS 112 34 78 11.4 6.8 16.0
12 YEARS 359 151 208 36.5 30.4 42.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 229 124 105 23.3 25.0 21.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 206 165 41 21.0 33.2 8.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 2 7 0.9 0.4 1.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 764 441 323 77.7 88.7 66.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 172 50 122 17.5 10.1 25.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 29 2 27 3.0 0.4 5.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 9 2 7 0.9 0.4 1.4
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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.
