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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 528 113 415 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 281 68 213 53.2 60.2 51.3
FEMALES 247 45 202 46.8 39.8 48.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 161 14 147 30.5 12.4 35.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 95 11 84 18.0 9.7 20.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 61 5 56 11.6 4.4 13.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 369 16 353 69.9 14.2 85.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 147 4 143 27.8 3.5 34.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.7 - 2.2
15-19 152 14 138 28.8 12.4 33.2
20-24 185 31 154 35.0 27.4 37.1
25-29 106 37 69 20.1 32.7 16.6
30-34 50 24 26 9.5 21.2 6.3
35-39 22 6 16 4.2 5.3 3.8
40-44 4 1 3 0.8 0.9 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.7 - 2.2
15-19 138 4 134 26.1 3.5 32.3
20-24 144 6 138 27.3 5.3 33.2
25-29 52 3 49 9.8 2.6 11.8
30-34 15 3 12 2.8 2.6 2.9
35-39 8 0 8 1.5 - 1.9
40-44 3 0 3 0.6 - 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 11 3 8 2.1 2.6 1.9
7-9 YEARS 82 12 70 15.5 10.6 16.9
10, 11 YEARS 111 11 100 21.0 9.7 24.1
12 YEARS 162 31 131 30.7 27.4 31.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 106 23 83 20.1 20.4 20.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 55 33 22 10.4 29.2 5.3
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 0.8 - 1.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 381 96 285 72.2 85.0 68.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 113 12 101 21.4 10.6 24.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 24 3 21 4.5 2.6 5.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 2 4 1.1 1.8 1.0
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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.
