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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 197 142 55 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 99 71 28 50.2 50.0 50.9
FEMALES 98 71 27 49.7 50.0 49.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 47 29 18 23.8 20.4 32.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 28 16 12 14.2 11.3 21.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 16 8 8 8.1 5.6 14.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 72 30 42 36.5 21.1 76.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 33 16 17 16.8 11.3 30.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.5 - 1.8
15-19 46 29 17 23.4 20.4 30.9
20-24 78 60 18 39.6 42.2 32.7
25-29 37 24 13 18.8 16.9 23.6
30-34 27 21 6 13.7 14.8 10.9
35-39 8 8 0 4.1 5.6 -
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.5 - 1.8
15-19 32 16 16 16.2 11.3 29.1
20-24 24 8 16 12.2 5.6 29.1
25-29 10 3 7 5.1 2.1 12.7
30-34 4 2 2 2.0 1.4 3.6
35-39 1 1 0 0.5 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 0 0 0 - - -
7-9 YEARS 19 16 3 9.6 11.3 5.4
10, 11 YEARS 30 22 8 15.2 15.5 14.5
12 YEARS 85 63 22 43.1 44.4 40.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 49 32 17 24.9 22.5 30.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 9 4 6.6 6.3 7.3
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.5 - 1.8
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 179 132 47 90.9 93.0 85.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 14 9 5 7.1 6.3 9.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 1 2 1.5 0.7 3.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.5 - 1.8
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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.
