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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY 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 126 24 102 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 70 14 56 55.6 58.3 54.9
FEMALES 56 10 46 44.4 41.7 45.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 32 0 32 25.4 - 31.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 12 2 10 9.5 8.3 9.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 15 1 14 11.9 4.2 13.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 94 1 93 74.6 4.2 91.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 32 0 32 25.4 - 31.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.8 - 1.0
15-19 31 0 31 24.6 - 30.4
20-24 51 13 38 40.5 54.2 37.2
25-29 23 3 20 18.2 12.5 19.6
30-34 17 6 11 13.5 25.0 10.8
35-39 3 2 1 2.4 8.3 1.0
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.8 - 1.0
15-19 31 0 31 24.6 - 30.4
20-24 37 1 36 29.4 4.2 35.3
25-29 16 0 16 12.7 - 15.7
30-34 8 0 8 6.3 - 7.8
35-39 1 0 1 0.8 - 1.0
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 1 0 1 0.8 - 1.0
7-9 YEARS 13 1 12 10.3 4.2 11.8
10, 11 YEARS 23 1 22 18.2 4.2 21.6
12 YEARS 50 6 44 39.7 25.0 43.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 31 10 21 24.6 41.7 20.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 8 6 2 6.3 25.0 2.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 77 23 54 61.1 95.8 52.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 35 1 34 27.8 4.2 33.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 0 12 9.5 - 11.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 1.6 - 2.0
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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.
