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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON 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 1,222 321 901 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 646 174 472 52.9 54.2 52.4
FEMALES 576 147 429 47.1 45.8 47.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 328 40 288 26.8 12.5 32.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 209 45 164 17.1 14.0 18.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 123 20 103 10.1 6.2 11.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 854 78 776 69.9 24.3 86.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 319 33 286 26.1 10.3 31.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 0.6 - 0.8
15-19 321 40 281 26.3 12.5 31.2
20-24 450 98 352 36.8 30.5 39.1
25-29 263 109 154 21.5 34.0 17.1
30-34 135 56 79 11.0 17.4 8.8
35-39 37 15 22 3.0 4.7 2.4
40-44 9 3 6 0.7 0.9 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 0.6 - 0.8
15-19 312 33 279 25.5 10.3 31.0
20-24 347 30 317 28.4 9.3 35.2
25-29 118 10 108 9.6 3.1 12.0
30-34 53 4 49 4.3 1.2 5.4
35-39 14 1 13 1.1 0.3 1.4
40-44 3 0 3 0.2 - 0.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 13 4 9 1.1 1.2 1.0
7-9 YEARS 142 26 116 11.6 8.1 12.9
10, 11 YEARS 290 35 255 23.7 10.9 28.3
12 YEARS 428 109 319 35.0 34.0 35.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 211 75 136 17.3 23.4 15.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 134 71 63 11.0 22.1 7.0
UNKNOWN 4 1 3 0.3 0.3 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 27 1 26 2.2 0.3 2.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 878 278 600 71.8 86.6 66.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 267 37 230 21.8 11.5 25.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 45 3 42 3.7 0.9 4.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 2 3 0.4 0.6 0.3
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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.
