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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MARION 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 382 223 159 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 190 116 74 49.7 52.0 46.5
FEMALES 192 107 85 50.3 48.0 53.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 85 47 38 22.2 21.1 23.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 44 18 26 11.5 8.1 16.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 38 20 18 9.9 9.0 11.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 149 41 108 39.0 18.4 67.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 52 16 36 13.6 7.2 22.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 2 2 1.0 0.9 1.2
15-19 81 45 36 21.2 20.2 22.6
20-24 128 77 51 33.5 34.5 32.1
25-29 91 55 36 23.8 24.7 22.6
30-34 55 31 24 14.4 13.9 15.1
35-39 19 10 9 5.0 4.5 5.7
40-44 3 3 0 0.8 1.3 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 1 2 0.8 0.4 1.2
15-19 49 15 34 12.8 6.7 21.4
20-24 55 15 40 14.4 6.7 25.2
25-29 24 6 18 6.3 2.7 11.3
30-34 13 3 10 3.4 1.3 6.3
35-39 3 0 3 0.8 - 1.9
40-44 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.6
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 1 1 0.5 0.4 0.6
7-9 YEARS 29 22 7 7.6 9.9 4.4
10, 11 YEARS 73 46 27 19.1 20.6 17.0
12 YEARS 138 70 68 36.1 31.4 42.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 94 51 43 24.6 22.9 27.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 44 32 12 11.5 14.4 7.5
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.5 0.4 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 336 209 127 88.0 93.7 79.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 41 12 29 10.7 5.4 18.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 1 2 0.8 0.4 1.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.5 0.4 0.6
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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.
