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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MARION 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 374 229 145 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 194 123 71 51.9 53.7 49.0
FEMALES 180 106 74 48.1 46.3 51.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 82 46 36 21.9 20.1 24.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 53 27 26 14.2 11.8 17.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 40 19 21 10.7 8.3 14.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 164 60 104 43.8 26.2 71.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 67 31 36 17.9 13.5 24.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.5 - 1.4
15-19 80 46 34 21.4 20.1 23.4
20-24 141 84 57 37.7 36.7 39.3
25-29 89 59 30 23.8 25.8 20.7
30-34 44 28 16 11.8 12.2 11.0
35-39 15 11 4 4.0 4.8 2.8
40-44 3 1 2 0.8 0.4 1.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.5 - 1.4
15-19 65 31 34 17.4 13.5 23.4
20-24 62 20 42 16.6 8.7 29.0
25-29 25 6 19 6.7 2.6 13.1
30-34 9 3 6 2.4 1.3 4.1
35-39 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.7
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 3 2 1 0.8 0.9 0.7
7-9 YEARS 41 26 15 11.0 11.4 10.3
10, 11 YEARS 66 44 22 17.6 19.2 15.2
12 YEARS 137 76 61 36.6 33.2 42.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 90 54 36 24.1 23.6 24.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 37 27 10 9.9 11.8 6.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 338 219 119 90.4 95.6 82.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 29 7 22 7.8 3.0 15.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 2 3 1.3 0.9 2.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.3 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.
