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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MONROE 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 545 338 207 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 270 169 101 49.5 50.0 48.8
FEMALES 275 169 106 50.4 50.0 51.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 106 51 55 19.4 15.1 26.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 83 38 45 15.2 11.2 21.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 57 30 27 10.4 8.9 13.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 212 57 155 38.9 16.9 74.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 80 29 51 14.7 8.6 24.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 106 51 55 19.4 15.1 26.6
20-24 181 108 73 33.2 32.0 35.3
25-29 163 116 47 29.9 34.3 22.7
30-34 67 44 23 12.3 13.0 11.1
35-39 21 16 5 3.8 4.7 2.4
40-44 6 3 3 1.1 0.9 1.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 80 29 51 14.7 8.6 24.6
20-24 79 17 62 14.5 5.0 30.0
25-29 30 8 22 5.5 2.4 10.6
30-34 16 2 14 2.9 0.6 6.8
35-39 5 1 4 0.9 0.3 1.9
40-44 2 0 2 0.4 - 1.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 4 3 1 0.7 0.9 0.5
7-9 YEARS 48 34 14 8.8 10.0 6.8
10, 11 YEARS 104 53 51 19.1 15.7 24.6
12 YEARS 209 121 88 38.3 35.8 42.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 121 74 47 22.2 21.9 22.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 58 53 5 10.6 15.7 2.4
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 1 3 0.7 0.3 1.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 450 305 145 82.6 90.2 70.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 76 27 49 13.9 8.0 23.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 5 7 2.2 1.5 3.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 0.6 - 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.
