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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JACKSON 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 1,860 1,317 543 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 948 692 256 51.0 52.5 47.1
FEMALES 912 625 287 49.0 47.4 52.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 313 188 125 16.8 14.3 23.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 221 145 76 11.9 11.0 14.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 157 88 69 8.4 6.7 12.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 716 343 373 38.5 26.0 68.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 248 129 119 13.3 9.8 21.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.4
15-19 309 186 123 16.6 14.1 22.6
20-24 622 409 213 33.4 31.0 39.2
25-29 495 375 120 26.6 28.5 22.1
30-34 297 239 58 16.0 18.1 10.7
35-39 106 89 17 5.7 6.8 3.1
40-44 24 15 9 1.3 1.1 1.6
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 # 0.1 -
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.4
15-19 244 127 117 13.1 9.6 21.5
20-24 288 116 172 15.5 8.8 31.7
25-29 113 57 56 6.1 4.3 10.3
30-34 48 31 17 2.6 2.4 3.1
35-39 16 8 8 0.9 0.6 1.5
40-44 2 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 # 0.1 -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 6 3 3 0.3 0.2 0.6
7-9 YEARS 124 91 33 6.7 6.9 6.1
10, 11 YEARS 278 176 102 14.9 13.4 18.8
12 YEARS 641 433 208 34.5 32.9 38.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 516 370 146 27.7 28.1 26.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 289 239 50 15.5 18.1 9.2
UNKNOWN 6 5 1 0.3 0.4 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 21 8 13 1.1 0.6 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,525 1,154 371 82.0 87.6 68.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 253 122 131 13.6 9.3 24.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 46 19 27 2.5 1.4 5.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 15 14 1 0.8 1.1 0.2
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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.
