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DISTRICT: IV

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT IV , 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                3,610  1,813  1,797   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       1,840    919    921    51.0   50.7   51.2
        FEMALES                     1,770    894    876    49.0   49.3   48.7
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               689    223    466    19.1   12.3   25.9
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             517    183    334    14.3   10.1   18.6
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             353    120    233     9.8    6.6   13.0
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,595    307  1,288    44.2   16.9   71.7
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      555    112    443    15.4    6.2   24.6

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    22      2     20     0.6    0.1    1.1
           15-19                      667    221    446    18.5   12.2   24.8
           20-24                    1,163    539    624    32.2   29.7   34.7
           25-29                      974    594    380    27.0   32.8   21.1
           30-34                      549    325    224    15.2   17.9   12.5
           35-39                      193    113     80     5.3    6.2    4.4
           40-44                       40     19     21     1.1    1.0    1.2
           45 AND OVER                  1      0      1       #      -      #
           UNKNOWN                      1      0      1       #      -      #

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    22      2     20     0.6    0.1    1.1
           15-19                      533    110    423    14.8    6.1   23.5
           20-24                      610    114    496    16.9    6.3   27.6
           25-29                      257     45    212     7.1    2.5   11.8
           30-34                      118     24     94     3.3    1.3    5.2
           35-39                       44     10     34     1.2    0.6    1.9
           40-44                       11      2      9     0.3    0.1    0.5
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         1      0      1       #      -      #
           1-6 YEARS                   32     23      9     0.9    1.3    0.5
           7-9 YEARS                  309    137    172     8.6    7.6    9.6
           10, 11 YEARS               532    179    353    14.7    9.9   19.6
           12 YEARS                 1,299    558    741    36.0   30.8   41.2
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          834    437    397    23.1   24.1   22.1
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    595    477    118    16.5   26.3    6.6
           UNKNOWN                      8      2      6     0.2    0.1    0.3

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     29      4     25     0.8    0.2    1.4
           FIRST TRIMESTER          2,799  1,607  1,192    77.5   88.6   66.3
           SECOND TRIMESTER           626    176    450    17.3    9.7   25.0
           THIRD TRIMESTER            126     19    107     3.5    1.0    6.0
           UNKNOWN MONTH               30      7     23     0.8    0.4    1.3
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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.

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