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COUNTY: GRENADA

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF GRENADA 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                  274    146    128   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                         138     63     75    50.4   43.2   58.6
        FEMALES                       136     83     53    49.6   56.8   41.4
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS                44     16     28    16.0   11.0   21.9
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              45     19     26    16.4   13.0   20.3
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              21      9     12     7.7    6.2    9.4
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS           133     28    105    48.5   19.2   82.0
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       37      9     28    13.5    6.2   21.9

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     4      0      4     1.5      -    3.1
           15-19                       40     16     24    14.6   11.0   18.8
           20-24                       98     43     55    35.8   29.4   43.0
           25-29                       77     54     23    28.1   37.0   18.0
           30-34                       40     23     17    14.6   15.8   13.3
           35-39                       13      9      4     4.7    6.2    3.1
           40-44                        2      1      1     0.7    0.7    0.8
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     4      0      4     1.5      -    3.1
           15-19                       33      9     24    12.0    6.2   18.8
           20-24                       59     12     47    21.5    8.2   36.7
           25-29                       20      3     17     7.3    2.0   13.3
           30-34                       14      3     11     5.1    2.0    8.6
           35-39                        2      1      1     0.7    0.7    0.8
           40-44                        1      0      1     0.4      -    0.8
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                    1      1      0     0.4    0.7      -
           7-9 YEARS                   45     20     25    16.4   13.7   19.5
           10, 11 YEARS                49     12     37    17.9    8.2   28.9
           12 YEARS                    83     44     39    30.3   30.1   30.5
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           57     39     18    20.8   26.7   14.1
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     39     30      9    14.2   20.5    7.0
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                      3      0      3     1.1      -    2.3
           FIRST TRIMESTER            240    138    102    87.6   94.5   79.7
           SECOND TRIMESTER            28      7     21    10.2    4.8   16.4
           THIRD TRIMESTER              1      1      0     0.4    0.7      -
           UNKNOWN MONTH                2      0      2     0.7      -    1.6
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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.

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