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COUNTY: LEAKE

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEAKE 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                  324    158    166   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                         165     79     86    50.9   50.0   51.8
        FEMALES                       159     79     80    49.1   50.0   48.2
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS                63     28     35    19.4   17.7   21.1
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              53     22     31    16.4   13.9   18.7
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              30     13     17     9.2    8.2   10.2
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS           155     34    121    47.8   21.5   72.9
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       47     13     34    14.5    8.2   20.5

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     3      0      3     0.9      -    1.8
           15-19                       60     28     32    18.5   17.7   19.3
           20-24                      116     51     65    35.8   32.3   39.2
           25-29                       79     44     35    24.4   27.8   21.1
           30-34                       42     23     19    13.0   14.6   11.4
           35-39                       20     11      9     6.2    7.0    5.4
           40-44                        4      1      3     1.2    0.6    1.8
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     3      0      3     0.9      -    1.8
           15-19                       44     13     31    13.6    8.2   18.7
           20-24                       61      9     52    18.8    5.7   31.3
           25-29                       27      6     21     8.3    3.8   12.6
           30-34                       13      5      8     4.0    3.2    4.8
           35-39                        6      1      5     1.8    0.6    3.0
           40-44                        1      0      1     0.3      -    0.6
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                    5      4      1     1.5    2.5    0.6
           7-9 YEARS                   28     15     13     8.6    9.5    7.8
           10, 11 YEARS                63     22     41    19.4   13.9   24.7
           12 YEARS                   123     54     69    38.0   34.2   41.6
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           73     40     33    22.5   25.3   19.9
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     30     22      8     9.2   13.9    4.8
           UNKNOWN                      2      1      1     0.6    0.6    0.6

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                      3      0      3     0.9      -    1.8
           FIRST TRIMESTER            260    137    123    80.2   86.7   74.1
           SECOND TRIMESTER            50     19     31    15.4   12.0   18.7
           THIRD TRIMESTER              7      0      7     2.2      -    4.2
           UNKNOWN MONTH                4      2      2     1.2    1.3    1.2
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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.

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