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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WEBSTER 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 132 90 42 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 66 47 19 50.0 52.2 45.2
FEMALES 66 43 23 50.0 47.8 54.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 28 16 12 21.2 17.8 28.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 12 7 5 9.1 7.8 11.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 9 3 6 6.8 3.3 14.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 43 17 26 32.6 18.9 61.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 18 7 11 13.6 7.8 26.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.8 - 2.4
15-19 27 16 11 20.4 17.8 26.2
20-24 42 26 16 31.8 28.9 38.1
25-29 33 23 10 25.0 25.6 23.8
30-34 20 16 4 15.2 17.8 9.5
35-39 8 8 0 6.1 8.9 -
40-44 1 1 0 0.8 1.1 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.8 - 2.4
15-19 17 7 10 12.9 7.8 23.8
20-24 20 9 11 15.2 10.0 26.2
25-29 3 0 3 2.3 - 7.1
30-34 1 0 1 0.8 - 2.4
35-39 1 1 0 0.8 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 2 2 0 1.5 2.2 -
7-9 YEARS 8 5 3 6.1 5.6 7.1
10, 11 YEARS 23 13 10 17.4 14.4 23.8
12 YEARS 61 37 24 46.2 41.1 57.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 21 18 3 15.9 20.0 7.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 16 15 1 12.1 16.7 2.4
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.8 - 2.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 92 72 20 69.7 80.0 47.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 30 16 14 22.7 17.8 33.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 1 7 6.1 1.1 16.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 1.5 1.1 2.4
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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.
