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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE 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 1,173 569 604 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 645 324 321 55.0 56.9 53.1
FEMALES 528 245 283 45.0 43.0 46.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 190 48 142 16.2 8.4 23.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 182 68 114 15.5 12.0 18.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 119 38 81 10.1 6.7 13.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 508 80 428 43.3 14.1 70.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 165 27 138 14.1 4.7 22.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 1 3 0.3 0.2 0.5
15-19 186 47 139 15.8 8.3 23.0
20-24 389 167 222 33.2 29.4 36.8
25-29 338 193 145 28.8 33.9 24.0
30-34 178 116 62 15.2 20.4 10.3
35-39 72 42 30 6.1 7.4 5.0
40-44 6 3 3 0.5 0.5 0.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 1 3 0.3 0.2 0.5
15-19 161 26 135 13.7 4.6 22.4
20-24 199 28 171 17.0 4.9 28.3
25-29 95 17 78 8.1 3.0 12.9
30-34 31 5 26 2.6 0.9 4.3
35-39 18 3 15 1.5 0.5 2.5
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 5 3 2 0.4 0.5 0.3
7-9 YEARS 70 23 47 6.0 4.0 7.8
10, 11 YEARS 199 51 148 17.0 9.0 24.5
12 YEARS 358 158 200 30.5 27.8 33.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 331 168 163 28.2 29.5 27.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 210 166 44 17.9 29.2 7.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 1 8 0.8 0.2 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,000 522 478 85.2 91.7 79.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 135 38 97 11.5 6.7 16.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 26 6 20 2.2 1.0 3.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.2 0.4 0.2
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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.
