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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF UNION 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 358 271 87 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 201 154 47 56.1 56.8 54.0
FEMALES 157 117 40 43.8 43.2 46.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 60 39 21 16.8 14.4 24.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 64 39 25 17.9 14.4 28.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 35 22 13 9.8 8.1 14.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 121 65 56 33.8 24.0 64.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 45 25 20 12.6 9.2 23.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 60 39 21 16.8 14.4 24.1
20-24 139 102 37 38.8 37.6 42.5
25-29 100 81 19 27.9 29.9 21.8
30-34 45 38 7 12.6 14.0 8.0
35-39 14 11 3 3.9 4.0 3.4
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 45 25 20 12.6 9.2 23.0
20-24 51 25 26 14.2 9.2 29.9
25-29 19 13 6 5.3 4.8 6.9
30-34 4 1 3 1.1 0.4 3.4
35-39 2 1 1 0.6 0.4 1.1
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 3 2 1 0.8 0.7 1.1
7-9 YEARS 35 33 2 9.8 12.2 2.3
10, 11 YEARS 70 47 23 19.6 17.3 26.4
12 YEARS 115 80 35 32.1 29.5 40.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 90 66 24 25.1 24.4 27.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 44 42 2 12.3 15.5 2.3
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 0 3 0.8 - 3.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 319 247 72 89.1 91.1 82.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 30 20 10 8.4 7.4 11.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 4 1 1.4 1.5 1.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.3 - 1.1
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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.
