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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE 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 172 112 60 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 97 67 30 56.4 59.8 50.0
FEMALES 75 45 30 43.6 40.2 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 30 21 9 17.4 18.8 15.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 27 15 12 15.7 13.4 20.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 17 11 6 9.9 9.8 10.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 52 18 34 30.2 16.1 56.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 17 8 9 9.9 7.1 15.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 30 21 9 17.4 18.8 15.0
20-24 63 38 25 36.6 33.9 41.7
25-29 39 27 12 22.7 24.1 20.0
30-34 24 20 4 14.0 17.8 6.7
35-39 14 6 8 8.1 5.4 13.3
40-44 2 0 2 1.2 - 3.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 17 8 9 9.9 7.1 15.0
20-24 25 7 18 14.5 6.2 30.0
25-29 6 2 4 3.5 1.8 6.7
30-34 1 1 0 0.6 0.9 -
35-39 3 0 3 1.7 - 5.0
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 1 1 0 0.6 0.9 -
7-9 YEARS 11 10 1 6.4 8.9 1.7
10, 11 YEARS 24 14 10 14.0 12.5 16.7
12 YEARS 68 35 33 39.5 31.2 55.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 42 34 8 24.4 30.4 13.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 26 18 8 15.1 16.1 13.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.6 - 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 146 100 46 84.9 89.3 76.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 22 11 11 12.8 9.8 18.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 1 2 1.7 0.9 3.3
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.
