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DISTRICT: VII

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VII , 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                2,642  1,171  1,471   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       1,326    598    728    50.2   51.1   49.5
        FEMALES                     1,316    573    743    49.8   48.9   50.5
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               560    154    406    21.2   13.2   27.6
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             418    145    273    15.8   12.4   18.6
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             297     89    208    11.2    7.6   14.1
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,271    183  1,088    48.1   15.6   74.0
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      457     66    391    17.3    5.6   26.6

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    18      1     17     0.7    0.1    1.2
           15-19                      542    153    389    20.5   13.1   26.4
           20-24                      926    379    547    35.0   32.4   37.2
           25-29                      618    355    263    23.4   30.3   17.9
           30-34                      329    177    152    12.4   15.1   10.3
           35-39                      186     97     89     7.0    8.3    6.0
           40-44                       23      9     14     0.9    0.8    1.0
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    18      1     17     0.7    0.1    1.2
           15-19                      439     65    374    16.6    5.6   25.4
           20-24                      521     65    456    19.7    5.6   31.0
           25-29                      162     26    136     6.1    2.2    9.2
           30-34                       85     17     68     3.2    1.4    4.6
           35-39                       42      9     33     1.6    0.8    2.2
           40-44                        4      0      4     0.2      -    0.3
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                   14      7      7     0.5    0.6    0.5
           7-9 YEARS                  172     72    100     6.5    6.1    6.8
           10, 11 YEARS               377    104    273    14.3    8.9   18.6
           12 YEARS                   992    385    607    37.5   32.9   41.3
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          757    374    383    28.6   31.9   26.0
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    329    229    100    12.4   19.6    6.8
           UNKNOWN                      1      0      1       #      -    0.1

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     31      4     27     1.2    0.3    1.8
           FIRST TRIMESTER          1,963  1,007    956    74.3   86.0   65.0
           SECOND TRIMESTER           529    144    385    20.0   12.3   26.2
           THIRD TRIMESTER            113     16     97     4.3    1.4    6.6
           UNKNOWN MONTH                6      0      6     0.2      -    0.4
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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.

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