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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 594 506 88 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 302 257 45 50.8 50.8 51.1
FEMALES 292 249 43 49.2 49.2 48.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 79 58 21 13.3 11.5 23.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 66 54 12 11.1 10.7 13.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 50 38 12 8.4 7.5 13.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 135 82 53 22.7 16.2 60.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 30 19 8.2 5.9 21.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.3 - 2.3
15-19 77 58 19 13.0 11.5 21.6
20-24 174 148 26 29.3 29.2 29.5
25-29 183 155 28 30.8 30.6 31.8
30-34 108 100 8 18.2 19.8 9.1
35-39 45 40 5 7.6 7.9 5.7
40-44 3 3 0 0.5 0.6 -
45 AND OVER 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.3 - 2.3
15-19 47 30 17 7.9 5.9 19.3
20-24 53 31 22 8.9 6.1 25.0
25-29 20 13 7 3.4 2.6 8.0
30-34 8 5 3 1.3 1.0 3.4
35-39 4 2 2 0.7 0.4 2.3
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 -
7-9 YEARS 41 35 6 6.9 6.9 6.8
10, 11 YEARS 58 48 10 9.8 9.5 11.4
12 YEARS 131 110 21 22.0 21.7 23.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 167 133 34 28.1 26.3 38.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 193 176 17 32.5 34.8 19.3
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.3 - 2.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 546 469 77 91.9 92.7 87.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 36 30 6 6.1 5.9 6.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 7 2 1.5 1.4 2.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 - 1.1
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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.
