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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE COUNTY, 1999
*** 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 171 86 85 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 86 45 41 50.3 52.3 48.2
FEMALES 85 41 44 49.7 47.7 51.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 28 6 22 16.4 7.0 25.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 18 5 13 10.5 5.8 15.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 11 4 7 6.4 4.6 8.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 75 14 61 43.9 16.3 71.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 24 3 21 14.0 3.5 24.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.6 - 1.2
15-19 27 6 21 15.8 7.0 24.7
20-24 67 33 34 39.2 38.4 40.0
25-29 45 29 16 26.3 33.7 18.8
30-34 20 11 9 11.7 12.8 10.6
35-39 11 7 4 6.4 8.1 4.7
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.6 - 1.2
15-19 23 3 20 13.4 3.5 23.5
20-24 35 9 26 20.5 10.5 30.6
25-29 12 2 10 7.0 2.3 11.8
30-34 3 0 3 1.8 - 3.5
35-39 1 0 1 0.6 - 1.2
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 0 2 1.2 - 2.4
7-9 YEARS 11 3 8 6.4 3.5 9.4
10, 11 YEARS 26 12 14 15.2 14.0 16.5
12 YEARS 63 26 37 36.8 30.2 43.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 52 32 20 30.4 37.2 23.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 17 13 4 9.9 15.1 4.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 126 74 52 73.7 86.0 61.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 40 10 30 23.4 11.6 35.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 2 3 2.9 2.3 3.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 - - -
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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.
