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DISTRICT: III

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT III , 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                4,260  1,121  3,139   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       2,212    588  1,624    51.9   52.4   51.7
        FEMALES                     2,048    533  1,515    48.1   47.5   48.3
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS             1,176    158  1,018    27.6   14.1   32.4
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             713    151    562    16.7   13.5   17.9
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             462     88    374    10.8    7.8   11.9
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         2,850    223  2,627    66.9   19.9   83.7
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS    1,100     96  1,004    25.8    8.6   32.0

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    49      0     49     1.2      -    1.6
           15-19                    1,127    158    969    26.4   14.1   30.9
           20-24                    1,526    346  1,180    35.8   30.9   37.6
           25-29                      911    356    555    21.4   31.8   17.7
           30-34                      456    197    259    10.7   17.6    8.2
           35-39                      158     56    102     3.7    5.0    3.2
           40-44                       32      7     25     0.8    0.6    0.8
           45 AND OVER                  1      1      0       #    0.1      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    49      0     49     1.2      -    1.6
           15-19                    1,051     96    955    24.7    8.6   30.4
           20-24                    1,112     73  1,039    26.1    6.5   33.1
           25-29                      406     28    378     9.5    2.5   12.0
           30-34                      166     21    145     3.9    1.9    4.6
           35-39                       52      4     48     1.2    0.4    1.5
           40-44                       13      0     13     0.3      -    0.4
           45 AND OVER                  1      1      0       #    0.1      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         1      0      1       #      -      #
           1-6 YEARS                   56     15     41     1.3    1.3    1.3
           7-9 YEARS                  519     86    433    12.2    7.7   13.8
           10, 11 YEARS               944    149    795    22.2   13.3   25.3
           12 YEARS                 1,433    333  1,100    33.6   29.7   35.0
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          835    276    559    19.6   24.6   17.8
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    465    261    204    10.9   23.3    6.5
           UNKNOWN                      7      1      6     0.2    0.1    0.2

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     75      4     71     1.8    0.4    2.3
           FIRST TRIMESTER          2,990    979  2,011    70.2   87.3   64.1
           SECOND TRIMESTER           981    116    865    23.0   10.3   27.6
           THIRD TRIMESTER            159     13    146     3.7    1.2    4.6
           UNKNOWN MONTH               55      9     46     1.3    0.8    1.5
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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.