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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WAYNE 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 368 185 183 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 176 75 101 47.8 40.5 55.2
FEMALES 192 110 82 52.2 59.4 44.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 76 30 46 20.6 16.2 25.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 57 23 34 15.5 12.4 18.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 32 12 20 8.7 6.5 10.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 22 134 42.4 11.9 73.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 56 13 43 15.2 7.0 23.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 1 3 1.1 0.5 1.6
15-19 72 29 43 19.6 15.7 23.5
20-24 135 65 70 36.7 35.1 38.2
25-29 88 51 37 23.9 27.6 20.2
30-34 41 23 18 11.1 12.4 9.8
35-39 26 16 10 7.1 8.6 5.5
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.5
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 1 3 1.1 0.5 1.6
15-19 52 12 40 14.1 6.5 21.8
20-24 62 8 54 16.8 4.3 29.5
25-29 20 1 19 5.4 0.5 10.4
30-34 13 0 13 3.5 - 7.1
35-39 4 0 4 1.1 - 2.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.5
7-9 YEARS 28 13 15 7.6 7.0 8.2
10, 11 YEARS 87 38 49 23.6 20.5 26.8
12 YEARS 146 68 78 39.7 36.8 42.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 88 53 35 23.9 28.6 19.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 17 13 4 4.6 7.0 2.2
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 312 166 146 84.8 89.7 79.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 44 14 30 12.0 7.6 16.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 3 4 1.9 1.6 2.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 2 2 1.1 1.1 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.
