



(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: PANOLA
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PANOLA 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 553 219 334 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 294 122 172 53.2 55.7 51.5
FEMALES 259 97 162 46.8 44.3 48.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 134 34 100 24.2 15.5 29.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 110 31 79 19.9 14.2 23.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 68 18 50 12.3 8.2 15.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 311 49 262 56.2 22.4 78.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 116 20 96 21.0 9.1 28.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 8 1 7 1.4 0.4 2.1
15-19 126 33 93 22.8 15.1 27.8
20-24 225 90 135 40.7 41.1 40.4
25-29 112 55 57 20.2 25.1 17.1
30-34 47 25 22 8.5 11.4 6.6
35-39 31 13 18 5.6 5.9 5.4
40-44 4 2 2 0.7 0.9 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 8 1 7 1.4 0.4 2.1
15-19 108 19 89 19.5 8.7 26.6
20-24 135 22 113 24.4 10.0 33.8
25-29 34 4 30 6.1 1.8 9.0
30-34 16 0 16 2.9 - 4.8
35-39 9 3 6 1.6 1.4 1.8
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 1 2 0.5 0.4 0.6
7-9 YEARS 75 28 47 13.6 12.8 14.1
10, 11 YEARS 111 28 83 20.1 12.8 24.8
12 YEARS 196 62 134 35.4 28.3 40.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 120 62 58 21.7 28.3 17.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 46 37 9 8.3 16.9 2.7
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.4 0.4 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 0 8 1.4 - 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 424 196 228 76.7 89.5 68.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 104 19 85 18.8 8.7 25.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 13 3 10 2.4 1.4 3.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 1 3 0.7 0.4 0.9
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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.



