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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MARSHALL 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 500 228 272 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 251 131 120 50.2 57.4 44.1
FEMALES 249 97 152 49.8 42.5 55.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 102 36 66 20.4 15.8 24.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 80 25 55 16.0 11.0 20.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 61 19 42 12.2 8.3 15.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 260 67 193 52.0 29.4 71.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 85 20 65 17.0 8.8 23.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.6 - 1.1
15-19 99 36 63 19.8 15.8 23.2
20-24 179 77 102 35.8 33.8 37.5
25-29 126 63 63 25.2 27.6 23.2
30-34 58 34 24 11.6 14.9 8.8
35-39 27 15 12 5.4 6.6 4.4
40-44 8 3 5 1.6 1.3 1.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.6 - 1.1
15-19 82 20 62 16.4 8.8 22.8
20-24 108 27 81 21.6 11.8 29.8
25-29 42 11 31 8.4 4.8 11.4
30-34 13 4 9 2.6 1.8 3.3
35-39 10 4 6 2.0 1.8 2.2
40-44 2 1 1 0.4 0.4 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 4 2 2 0.8 0.9 0.7
7-9 YEARS 49 32 17 9.8 14.0 6.2
10, 11 YEARS 94 44 50 18.8 19.3 18.4
12 YEARS 208 85 123 41.6 37.3 45.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 95 42 53 19.0 18.4 19.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 49 23 26 9.8 10.1 9.6
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 3 6 1.8 1.3 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 377 192 185 75.4 84.2 68.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 99 29 70 19.8 12.7 25.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 2 8 2.0 0.9 2.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 2 3 1.0 0.9 1.1
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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.
