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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TATE 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 385 232 153 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 227 143 84 59.0 61.6 54.9
FEMALES 158 89 69 41.0 38.4 45.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 68 26 42 17.7 11.2 27.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 46 21 25 11.9 9.0 16.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 36 17 19 9.4 7.3 12.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 165 51 114 42.8 22.0 74.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 56 15 41 14.5 6.5 26.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 68 26 42 17.7 11.2 27.4
20-24 124 68 56 32.2 29.3 36.6
25-29 104 72 32 27.0 31.0 20.9
30-34 57 41 16 14.8 17.7 10.4
35-39 27 22 5 7.0 9.5 3.3
40-44 5 3 2 1.3 1.3 1.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 56 15 41 14.5 6.5 26.8
20-24 62 18 44 16.1 7.8 28.8
25-29 29 10 19 7.5 4.3 12.4
30-34 12 6 6 3.1 2.6 3.9
35-39 4 2 2 1.0 0.9 1.3
40-44 2 0 2 0.5 - 1.3
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 26 16 10 6.8 6.9 6.5
10, 11 YEARS 74 32 42 19.2 13.8 27.4
12 YEARS 140 71 69 36.4 30.6 45.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 91 71 20 23.6 30.6 13.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 50 42 8 13.0 18.1 5.2
UNKNOWN 4 0 4 1.0 - 2.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 1 6 1.8 0.4 3.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 294 201 93 76.4 86.6 60.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 66 24 42 17.1 10.3 27.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 3 9 3.1 1.3 5.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 3 3 1.6 1.3 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.
