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DISTRICT: I

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT I , 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                4,240  2,328  1,912   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       2,182  1,225    957    51.5   52.6   50.0
        FEMALES                     2,058  1,103    955    48.5   47.4   49.9
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               879    293    586    20.7   12.6   30.6
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             611    239    372    14.4   10.3   19.4
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             417    154    263     9.8    6.6   13.8
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         2,005    482  1,523    47.3   20.7   79.6
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      743    171    572    17.5    7.3   29.9

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    31      1     30     0.7      #    1.6
           15-19                      848    292    556    20.0   12.5   29.1
           20-24                    1,408    687    721    33.2   29.5   37.7
           25-29                    1,100    751    349    25.9   32.2   18.2
           30-34                      570    404    166    13.4   17.4    8.7
           35-39                      245    168     77     5.8    7.2    4.0
           40-44                       35     22     13     0.8    0.9    0.7
           45 AND OVER                  3      3      0     0.1    0.1      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    31      1     30     0.7      #    1.6
           15-19                      712    170    542    16.8    7.3   28.3
           20-24                      788    184    604    18.6    7.9   31.6
           25-29                      288     71    217     6.8    3.0   11.3
           30-34                      131     38     93     3.1    1.6    4.9
           35-39                       49     17     32     1.2    0.7    1.7
           40-44                        6      1      5     0.1      #    0.3
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                   30     16     14     0.7    0.7    0.7
           7-9 YEARS                  418    183    235     9.8    7.9   12.3
           10, 11 YEARS               749    275    474    17.7   11.8   24.8
           12 YEARS                 1,453    725    728    34.3   31.1   38.1
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          999    645    354    23.6   27.7   18.5
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    575    476     99    13.6   20.4    5.2
           UNKNOWN                     16      8      8     0.4    0.3    0.4

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
           NO CARE                     56     11     45     1.3    0.5    2.4
           FIRST TRIMESTER          3,436  2,076  1,360    81.0   89.2   71.1
           SECOND TRIMESTER           625    207    418    14.7    8.9   21.9
           THIRD TRIMESTER             96     21     75     2.3    0.9    3.9
           UNKNOWN MONTH               27     13     14     0.6    0.6    0.7
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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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