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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 979 490 489 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 504 263 241 51.5 53.7 49.3
FEMALES 475 227 248 48.5 46.3 50.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 190 51 139 19.4 10.4 28.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 162 65 97 16.5 13.3 19.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 113 41 72 11.5 8.4 14.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 434 84 350 44.3 17.1 71.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 167 32 135 17.0 6.5 27.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 8 1 7 0.8 0.2 1.4
15-19 182 50 132 18.6 10.2 27.0
20-24 288 146 142 29.4 29.8 29.0
25-29 270 149 121 27.6 30.4 24.7
30-34 155 102 53 15.8 20.8 10.8
35-39 72 40 32 7.4 8.2 6.5
40-44 4 2 2 0.4 0.4 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 0.7 - 1.4
15-19 160 32 128 16.3 6.5 26.2
20-24 148 40 108 15.1 8.2 22.1
25-29 74 8 66 7.6 1.6 13.5
30-34 25 2 23 2.6 0.4 4.7
35-39 18 2 16 1.8 0.4 3.3
40-44 2 0 2 0.2 - 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 10 5 5 1.0 1.0 1.0
7-9 YEARS 65 24 41 6.6 4.9 8.4
10, 11 YEARS 131 31 100 13.4 6.3 20.4
12 YEARS 335 144 191 34.2 29.4 39.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 227 114 113 23.2 23.3 23.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 209 171 38 21.3 34.9 7.8
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.2 0.2 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 1 8 0.9 0.2 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 777 435 342 79.4 88.8 69.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 160 45 115 16.3 9.2 23.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 28 6 22 2.9 1.2 4.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 3 2 0.5 0.6 0.4
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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.
