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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COVINGTON 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 285 150 135 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 145 69 76 50.9 46.0 56.3
FEMALES 140 81 59 49.1 54.0 43.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 73 38 35 25.6 25.3 25.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 46 16 30 16.1 10.7 22.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 22 10 12 7.7 6.7 8.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 140 31 109 49.1 20.7 80.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 16 35 17.9 10.7 25.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.7
15-19 72 38 34 25.3 25.3 25.2
20-24 99 36 63 34.7 24.0 46.7
25-29 70 45 25 24.6 30.0 18.5
30-34 29 23 6 10.2 15.3 4.4
35-39 10 6 4 3.5 4.0 3.0
40-44 3 2 1 1.0 1.3 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.7
15-19 50 16 34 17.5 10.7 25.2
20-24 58 6 52 20.4 4.0 38.5
25-29 24 6 18 8.4 4.0 13.3
30-34 5 3 2 1.8 2.0 1.5
35-39 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.7
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.7
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.7
1-6 YEARS 0 0 0 - - -
7-9 YEARS 29 19 10 10.2 12.7 7.4
10, 11 YEARS 52 24 28 18.2 16.0 20.7
12 YEARS 112 50 62 39.3 33.3 45.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 61 33 28 21.4 22.0 20.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 30 24 6 10.5 16.0 4.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 238 130 108 83.5 86.7 80.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 41 19 22 14.4 12.7 16.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 0 3 1.0 - 2.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.7 0.7 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.
