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DISTRICT: IX

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT IX , 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                6,371  4,689  1,682   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       3,223  2,359    864    50.6   50.3   51.4
        FEMALES                     3,148  2,330    818    49.4   49.7   48.6
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS             1,145    770    375    18.0   16.4   22.3
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             792    519    273    12.4   11.1   16.2
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             505    301    204     7.9    6.4   12.1
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         2,452  1,315  1,137    38.5   28.0   67.6
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      831    480    351    13.0   10.2   20.9

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    15      4     11     0.2    0.1    0.6
           15-19                    1,130    766    364    17.7   16.3   21.6
           20-24                    2,100  1,461    639    33.0   31.2   38.0
           25-29                    1,671  1,297    374    26.2   27.7   22.2
           30-34                      957    771    186    15.0   16.4   11.0
           35-39                      415    330     85     6.5    7.0    5.0
           40-44                       79     57     22     1.2    1.2    1.3
           45 AND OVER                  2      2      0       #      #      -
           UNKNOWN                      2      1      1       #      #      #

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    15      4     11     0.2    0.1    0.6
           15-19                      816    476    340    12.8   10.2   20.2
           20-24                      986    500    486    15.5   10.7   28.9
           25-29                      392    188    204     6.2    4.0   12.1
           30-34                      152     89     63     2.4    1.9    3.7
           35-39                       77     49     28     1.2    1.0    1.7
           40-44                       12      8      4     0.2    0.2    0.2
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      2      1      1       #      #      #

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         3      2      1       #      #      #
           1-6 YEARS                   28     14     14     0.4    0.3    0.8
           7-9 YEARS                  546    416    130     8.6    8.9    7.7
           10, 11 YEARS               984    662    322    15.4   14.1   19.1
           12 YEARS                 2,136  1,511    625    33.5   32.2   37.2
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE        1,739  1,279    460    27.3   27.3   27.3
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    906    786    120    14.2   16.8    7.1
           UNKNOWN                     29     19     10     0.4    0.4    0.6

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     66     27     39     1.0    0.6    2.3
           FIRST TRIMESTER          5,139  4,003  1,136    80.7   85.4   67.5
           SECOND TRIMESTER           895    521    374    14.0   11.1   22.2
           THIRD TRIMESTER            204     97    107     3.2    2.1    6.4
           UNKNOWN MONTH               67     41     26     1.0    0.9    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.