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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SIMPSON 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 424 227 197 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 223 111 112 52.6 48.9 56.8
FEMALES 201 116 85 47.4 51.1 43.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 95 39 56 22.4 17.2 28.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 62 22 40 14.6 9.7 20.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 42 19 23 9.9 8.4 11.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 182 43 139 42.9 18.9 70.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 76 21 55 17.9 9.2 27.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 2 5 1.6 0.9 2.5
15-19 88 37 51 20.8 16.3 25.9
20-24 173 84 89 40.8 37.0 45.2
25-29 99 70 29 23.3 30.8 14.7
30-34 38 22 16 9.0 9.7 8.1
35-39 12 8 4 2.8 3.5 2.0
40-44 7 4 3 1.6 1.8 1.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 7 2 5 1.6 0.9 2.5
15-19 69 19 50 16.3 8.4 25.4
20-24 76 15 61 17.9 6.6 31.0
25-29 20 6 14 4.7 2.6 7.1
30-34 7 1 6 1.6 0.4 3.0
35-39 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.5
40-44 2 0 2 0.5 - 1.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.5
7-9 YEARS 41 20 21 9.7 8.8 10.7
10, 11 YEARS 64 26 38 15.1 11.4 19.3
12 YEARS 153 72 81 36.1 31.7 41.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 119 72 47 28.1 31.7 23.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 45 37 8 10.6 16.3 4.1
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 4 2 1.4 1.8 1.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 355 204 151 83.7 89.9 76.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 57 17 40 13.4 7.5 20.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 0 3 0.7 - 1.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.7 0.9 0.5
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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.
