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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 1,081 598 483 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 536 304 232 49.6 50.8 48.0
FEMALES 545 294 251 50.4 49.2 52.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 220 99 121 20.4 16.6 25.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 156 60 96 14.4 10.0 19.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 105 46 59 9.7 7.7 12.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 512 147 365 47.4 24.6 75.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 183 65 118 16.9 10.9 24.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 0.3 0.3 0.2
15-19 217 97 120 20.1 16.2 24.8
20-24 372 178 194 34.4 29.8 40.2
25-29 259 166 93 24.0 27.8 19.2
30-34 148 97 51 13.7 16.2 10.6
35-39 74 54 20 6.8 9.0 4.1
40-44 7 4 3 0.6 0.7 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 0.3 0.3 0.2
15-19 180 63 117 16.6 10.5 24.2
20-24 214 54 160 19.8 9.0 33.1
25-29 68 17 51 6.3 2.8 10.6
30-34 30 7 23 2.8 1.2 4.8
35-39 15 4 11 1.4 0.7 2.3
40-44 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 4 3 1 0.4 0.5 0.2
7-9 YEARS 81 46 35 7.5 7.7 7.2
10, 11 YEARS 159 68 91 14.7 11.4 18.8
12 YEARS 292 132 160 27.0 22.1 33.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 305 162 143 28.2 27.1 29.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 239 187 52 22.1 31.3 10.8
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 0 6 0.6 - 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 932 559 373 86.2 93.5 77.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 125 36 89 11.6 6.0 18.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 14 2 12 1.3 0.3 2.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 1 3 0.4 0.2 0.6
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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.
