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COUNTY: JEFF DAVIS

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JEFF DAVIS 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                  196     57    139   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                         102     33     69    52.0   57.9   49.6
        FEMALES                        94     24     70    48.0   42.1   50.4
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS                37     10     27    18.9   17.5   19.4
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              45      7     38    23.0   12.3   27.3
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              30      3     27    15.3    5.3   19.4
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS           111      9    102    56.6   15.8   73.4
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       29      4     25    14.8    7.0   18.0

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     1      0      1     0.5      -    0.7
           15-19                       36     10     26    18.4   17.5   18.7
           20-24                       88     23     65    44.9   40.4   46.8
           25-29                       43     14     29    21.9   24.6   20.9
           30-34                       18      7     11     9.2   12.3    7.9
           35-39                        9      3      6     4.6    5.3    4.3
           40-44                        1      0      1     0.5      -    0.7
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     1      0      1     0.5      -    0.7
           15-19                       28      4     24    14.3    7.0   17.3
           20-24                       53      3     50    27.0    5.3   36.0
           25-29                       18      1     17     9.2    1.8   12.2
           30-34                        7      1      6     3.6    1.8    4.3
           35-39                        3      0      3     1.5      -    2.2
           40-44                        1      0      1     0.5      -    0.7
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                    1      0      1     0.5      -    0.7
           7-9 YEARS                   10      4      6     5.1    7.0    4.3
           10, 11 YEARS                31      4     27    15.8    7.0   19.4
           12 YEARS                    74     21     53    37.8   36.8   38.1
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           57     17     40    29.1   29.8   28.8
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     22     10     12    11.2   17.5    8.6
           UNKNOWN                      1      1      0     0.5    1.8      -

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                      0      0      0       -      -      -
           FIRST TRIMESTER            165     51    114    84.2   89.5   82.0
           SECOND TRIMESTER            24      5     19    12.2    8.8   13.7
           THIRD TRIMESTER              7      1      6     3.6    1.8    4.3
           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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