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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEFLORE 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 607 107 500 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 309 50 259 50.9 46.7 51.8
FEMALES 298 57 241 49.1 53.3 48.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 165 21 144 27.2 19.6 28.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 89 10 79 14.7 9.3 15.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 69 8 61 11.4 7.5 12.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 445 26 419 73.3 24.3 83.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 13 143 25.7 12.2 28.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.6 - 0.8
15-19 161 21 140 26.5 19.6 28.0
20-24 251 37 214 41.4 34.6 42.8
25-29 107 28 79 17.6 26.2 15.8
30-34 50 13 37 8.2 12.2 7.4
35-39 29 7 22 4.8 6.5 4.4
40-44 5 1 4 0.8 0.9 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.6 - 0.8
15-19 152 13 139 25.0 12.2 27.8
20-24 195 9 186 32.1 8.4 37.2
25-29 57 2 55 9.4 1.9 11.0
30-34 22 0 22 3.6 - 4.4
35-39 12 1 11 2.0 0.9 2.2
40-44 3 1 2 0.5 0.9 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 6 3 3 1.0 2.8 0.6
7-9 YEARS 69 10 59 11.4 9.3 11.8
10, 11 YEARS 148 20 128 24.4 18.7 25.6
12 YEARS 210 30 180 34.6 28.0 36.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 117 26 91 19.3 24.3 18.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 53 18 35 8.7 16.8 7.0
UNKNOWN 4 0 4 0.6 - 0.8
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 16 2 14 2.6 1.9 2.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 340 83 257 56.0 77.6 51.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 190 17 173 31.3 15.9 34.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 47 4 43 7.7 3.7 8.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 14 1 13 2.3 0.9 2.6
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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.
