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COUNTY: JEFFERSON

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON 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                  140      8    132   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                          68      2     66    48.6   25.0   50.0
        FEMALES                        72      6     66    51.4   75.0   50.0
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS                30      1     29    21.4   12.5   22.0
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              21      0     21    15.0      -   15.9
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              21      0     21    15.0      -   15.9
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS            99      1     98    70.7   12.5   74.2
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       29      0     29    20.7      -   22.0

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     2      0      2     1.4      -    1.5
           15-19                       28      1     27    20.0   12.5   20.4
           20-24                       55      2     53    39.3   25.0   40.2
           25-29                       26      2     24    18.6   25.0   18.2
           30-34                       19      0     19    13.6      -   14.4
           35-39                        7      2      5     5.0   25.0    3.8
           40-44                        3      1      2     2.1   12.5    1.5
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     2      0      2     1.4      -    1.5
           15-19                       27      0     27    19.3      -   20.4
           20-24                       43      0     43    30.7      -   32.6
           25-29                       12      1     11     8.6   12.5    8.3
           30-34                       10      0     10     7.1      -    7.6
           35-39                        3      0      3     2.1      -    2.3
           40-44                        2      0      2     1.4      -    1.5
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                    0      0      0       -      -      -
           7-9 YEARS                    8      1      7     5.7   12.5    5.3
           10, 11 YEARS                20      1     19    14.3   12.5   14.4
           12 YEARS                    62      4     58    44.3   50.0   43.9
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           31      1     30    22.1   12.5   22.7
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     19      1     18    13.6   12.5   13.6
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                      0      0      0       -      -      -
           FIRST TRIMESTER            113      8    105    80.7  100.0   79.5
           SECOND TRIMESTER            24      0     24    17.1      -   18.2
           THIRD TRIMESTER              3      0      3     2.1      -    2.3
           UNKNOWN MONTH                0      0      0       -      -      -
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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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