(HSWWBRCO)
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WALTHALL 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 227 99 128 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 114 45 69 50.2 45.4 53.9
FEMALES 113 54 59 49.8 54.5 46.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 45 10 35 19.8 10.1 27.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 34 12 22 15.0 12.1 17.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 29 8 21 12.8 8.1 16.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 104 11 93 45.8 11.1 72.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 41 6 35 18.1 6.1 27.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.9 - 1.6
15-19 43 10 33 18.9 10.1 25.8
20-24 94 39 55 41.4 39.4 43.0
25-29 50 30 20 22.0 30.3 15.6
30-34 26 14 12 11.4 14.1 9.4
35-39 11 6 5 4.8 6.1 3.9
40-44 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.9 - 1.6
15-19 39 6 33 17.2 6.1 25.8
20-24 48 4 44 21.1 4.0 34.4
25-29 9 0 9 4.0 - 7.0
30-34 4 0 4 1.8 - 3.1
35-39 2 1 1 0.9 1.0 0.8
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 2 0 2 0.9 - 1.6
7-9 YEARS 14 3 11 6.2 3.0 8.6
10, 11 YEARS 39 11 28 17.2 11.1 21.9
12 YEARS 86 40 46 37.9 40.4 35.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 71 36 35 31.3 36.4 27.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 15 9 6 6.6 9.1 4.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 1 3 1.8 1.0 2.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 174 86 88 76.6 86.9 68.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 40 12 28 17.6 12.1 21.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 0 9 4.0 - 7.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 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.
