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DISTRICT: V

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT V , 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                9,281  4,040  5,241   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       4,678  2,071  2,607    50.4   51.3   49.7
        FEMALES                     4,603  1,969  2,634    49.6   48.7   50.2
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS             1,735    425  1,310    18.7   10.5   25.0
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*           1,611    499  1,112    17.4   12.4   21.2
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**           1,087    304    783    11.7    7.5   14.9
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         4,449    670  3,779    47.9   16.6   72.1
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS    1,549    268  1,281    16.7    6.6   24.4

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    90      7     83     1.0    0.2    1.6
           15-19                    1,645    418  1,227    17.7   10.3   23.4
           20-24                    2,738    943  1,795    29.5   23.3   34.2
           25-29                    2,430  1,307  1,123    26.2   32.4   21.4
           30-34                    1,561    920    641    16.8   22.8   12.2
           35-39                      683    383    300     7.4    9.5    5.7
           40-44                      131     59     72     1.4    1.5    1.4
           45 AND OVER                  2      2      0       #      #      -
           UNKNOWN                      1      1      0       #      #      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    90      7     83     1.0    0.2    1.6
           15-19                    1,459    261  1,198    15.7    6.5   22.8
           20-24                    1,733    235  1,498    18.7    5.8   28.6
           25-29                      735    106    629     7.9    2.6   12.0
           30-34                      263     38    225     2.8    0.9    4.3
           35-39                      129     16    113     1.4    0.4    2.2
           40-44                       39      6     33     0.4    0.1    0.6
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      1      1      0       #      #      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         2      0      2       #      -      #
           1-6 YEARS                   36     11     25     0.4    0.3    0.5
           7-9 YEARS                  722    254    468     7.8    6.3    8.9
           10, 11 YEARS             1,421    348  1,073    15.3    8.6   20.5
           12 YEARS                 2,567    891  1,676    27.6   22.0   32.0
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE        2,364  1,038  1,326    25.5   25.7   25.3
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE  2,156  1,491    665    23.2   36.9   12.7
           UNKNOWN                     13      7      6     0.1    0.2    0.1

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                    142     22    120     1.5    0.5    2.3
           FIRST TRIMESTER          7,472  3,678  3,794    80.5   91.0   72.4
           SECOND TRIMESTER         1,388    285  1,103    15.0    7.0   21.0
           THIRD TRIMESTER            196     32    164     2.1    0.8    3.1
           UNKNOWN MONTH               83     23     60     0.9    0.6    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.

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