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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 548 490 58 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 300 268 32 54.7 54.7 55.2
FEMALES 248 222 26 45.2 45.3 44.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 83 74 9 15.1 15.1 15.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 64 56 8 11.7 11.4 13.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 44 37 7 8.0 7.6 12.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 198 163 35 36.1 33.3 60.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 70 61 9 12.8 12.4 15.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.4 0.4 -
15-19 81 72 9 14.8 14.7 15.5
20-24 171 148 23 31.2 30.2 39.6
25-29 145 134 11 26.5 27.3 19.0
30-34 89 78 11 16.2 15.9 19.0
35-39 53 50 3 9.7 10.2 5.2
40-44 7 6 1 1.3 1.2 1.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.4 0.4 -
15-19 68 59 9 12.4 12.0 15.5
20-24 81 65 16 14.8 13.3 27.6
25-29 26 20 6 4.7 4.1 10.3
30-34 11 8 3 2.0 1.6 5.2
35-39 10 9 1 1.8 1.8 1.7
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 4 3 1 0.7 0.6 1.7
7-9 YEARS 53 52 1 9.7 10.6 1.7
10, 11 YEARS 87 72 15 15.9 14.7 25.9
12 YEARS 167 149 18 30.5 30.4 31.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 148 132 16 27.0 26.9 27.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 88 81 7 16.0 16.5 12.1
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.4 0.2 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 465 417 48 84.8 85.1 82.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 63 55 8 11.5 11.2 13.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 16 15 1 2.9 3.1 1.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.4 0.4 -
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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.
