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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHOCTAW 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 118 76 42 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 64 39 25 54.2 51.3 59.5
FEMALES 54 37 17 45.8 48.7 40.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 20 14 6 16.9 18.4 14.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 20 13 7 16.9 17.1 16.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 14 6 8 11.9 7.9 19.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 35 10 25 29.7 13.2 59.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 9 4 5 7.6 5.3 11.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 1.7 1.3 2.4
15-19 18 13 5 15.2 17.1 11.9
20-24 44 25 19 37.3 32.9 45.2
25-29 33 24 9 28.0 31.6 21.4
30-34 15 9 6 12.7 11.8 14.3
35-39 6 4 2 5.1 5.3 4.8
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 1.7 1.3 2.4
15-19 7 3 4 5.9 3.9 9.5
20-24 18 3 15 15.2 3.9 35.7
25-29 5 2 3 4.2 2.6 7.1
30-34 3 1 2 2.5 1.3 4.8
35-39 0 0 0 - - -
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 1 1 0 0.8 1.3 -
7-9 YEARS 11 7 4 9.3 9.2 9.5
10, 11 YEARS 16 10 6 13.6 13.2 14.3
12 YEARS 33 17 16 28.0 22.4 38.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 35 23 12 29.7 30.3 28.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 21 18 3 17.8 23.7 7.1
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.8 - 2.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 96 68 28 81.4 89.5 66.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 18 5 13 15.2 6.6 31.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 2 1 2.5 2.6 2.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.8 1.3 -
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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.
