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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JONES 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 1,010 620 390 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 500 311 189 49.5 50.2 48.5
FEMALES 510 309 201 50.5 49.8 51.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 217 100 117 21.5 16.1 30.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 130 62 68 12.9 10.0 17.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 96 42 54 9.5 6.8 13.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 401 99 302 39.7 16.0 77.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 159 44 115 15.7 7.1 29.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 0 5 0.5 - 1.3
15-19 212 100 112 21.0 16.1 28.7
20-24 351 203 148 34.8 32.7 37.9
25-29 259 177 82 25.6 28.5 21.0
30-34 111 87 24 11.0 14.0 6.2
35-39 58 42 16 5.7 6.8 4.1
40-44 14 11 3 1.4 1.8 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 5 0 5 0.5 - 1.3
15-19 154 44 110 15.2 7.1 28.2
20-24 152 33 119 15.0 5.3 30.5
25-29 60 14 46 5.9 2.2 11.8
30-34 17 4 13 1.7 0.6 3.3
35-39 10 3 7 1.0 0.5 1.8
40-44 3 1 2 0.3 0.2 0.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 2 1 0.3 0.3 0.2
7-9 YEARS 98 65 33 9.7 10.5 8.5
10, 11 YEARS 178 74 104 17.6 11.9 26.7
12 YEARS 335 184 151 33.2 29.7 38.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 261 174 87 25.8 28.1 22.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 133 120 13 13.2 19.4 3.3
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.2 0.2 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 3 5 0.8 0.5 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 868 565 303 85.9 91.1 77.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 100 35 65 9.9 5.6 16.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 11 5 6 1.1 0.8 1.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 23 12 11 2.3 1.9 2.8
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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.
