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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF KEMPER 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 139 37 102 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 68 20 48 48.9 54.0 47.0
FEMALES 71 17 54 51.1 45.9 52.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 24 5 19 17.3 13.5 18.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 23 4 19 16.5 10.8 18.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 18 1 17 13.0 2.7 16.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 71 4 67 51.1 10.8 65.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 17 0 17 12.2 - 16.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 24 5 19 17.3 13.5 18.6
20-24 49 11 38 35.2 29.7 37.2
25-29 30 12 18 21.6 32.4 17.6
30-34 23 6 17 16.5 16.2 16.7
35-39 9 3 6 6.5 8.1 5.9
40-44 4 0 4 2.9 - 3.9
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 17 0 17 12.2 - 16.7
20-24 32 3 29 23.0 8.1 28.4
25-29 11 1 10 7.9 2.7 9.8
30-34 7 0 7 5.0 - 6.9
35-39 4 0 4 2.9 - 3.9
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 0 0 0 - - -
7-9 YEARS 7 1 6 5.0 2.7 5.9
10, 11 YEARS 25 4 21 18.0 10.8 20.6
12 YEARS 56 12 44 40.3 32.4 43.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 36 11 25 25.9 29.7 24.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 15 9 6 10.8 24.3 5.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 1.4 - 2.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 117 33 84 84.2 89.2 82.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 16 3 13 11.5 8.1 12.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 1 3 2.9 2.7 2.9
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.
