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DISTRICT: VI

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VI , 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                3,685  1,844  1,841   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       1,895    968    927    51.4   52.5   50.4
        FEMALES                     1,790    876    914    48.6   47.5   49.6
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               735    280    455    19.9   15.2   24.7
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             578    235    343    15.7   12.7   18.6
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             370    138    232    10.0    7.5   12.6
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,681    374  1,307    45.6   20.3   71.0
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      569    136    433    15.4    7.4   23.5

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    30      3     27     0.8    0.2    1.5
           15-19                      705    277    428    19.1   15.0   23.2
           20-24                    1,276    596    680    34.6   32.3   36.9
           25-29                      989    562    427    26.8   30.5   23.2
           30-34                      487    296    191    13.2   16.0   10.4
           35-39                      173     97     76     4.7    5.3    4.1
           40-44                       24     13     11     0.6    0.7    0.6
           45 AND OVER                  1      0      1       #      -      #
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    30      3     27     0.8    0.2    1.5
           15-19                      539    133    406    14.6    7.2   22.0
           20-24                      648    139    509    17.6    7.5   27.6
           25-29                      298     53    245     8.1    2.9   13.3
           30-34                      114     30     84     3.1    1.6    4.6
           35-39                       43     15     28     1.2    0.8    1.5
           40-44                        8      1      7     0.2      #    0.4
           45 AND OVER                  1      0      1       #      -     #
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                   15      5     10     0.4    0.3    0.5
           7-9 YEARS                  364    172    192     9.9    9.3   10.4
           10, 11 YEARS               617    231    386    16.7   12.5   21.0
           12 YEARS                 1,290    548    742    35.0   29.7   40.3
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          969    532    437    26.3   28.8   23.7
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    430    356     74    11.7   19.3    4.0
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     40      6     34     1.1    0.3    1.8
           FIRST TRIMESTER          2,990  1,639  1,351    81.1   88.9   73.4
           SECOND TRIMESTER           569    174    395    15.4    9.4   21.4
           THIRD TRIMESTER             74     22     52     2.0    1.2    2.8
           UNKNOWN MONTH               12      3      9     0.3    0.2    0.5
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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.

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