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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MONROE 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 503 305 198 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 253 147 106 50.3 48.2 53.5
FEMALES 250 158 92 49.7 51.8 46.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 74 40 34 14.7 13.1 17.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 68 39 29 13.5 12.8 14.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 52 26 26 10.3 8.5 13.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 197 58 139 39.2 19.0 70.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 18 33 10.1 5.9 16.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 - 1.0
15-19 72 40 32 14.3 13.1 16.2
20-24 175 97 78 34.8 31.8 39.4
25-29 139 93 46 27.6 30.5 23.2
30-34 82 53 29 16.3 17.4 14.6
35-39 28 19 9 5.6 6.2 4.5
40-44 5 3 2 1.0 1.0 1.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 - 1.0
15-19 49 18 31 9.7 5.9 15.6
20-24 77 15 62 15.3 4.9 31.3
25-29 39 14 25 7.8 4.6 12.6
30-34 21 7 14 4.2 2.3 7.1
35-39 7 3 4 1.4 1.0 2.0
40-44 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 0.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 0 2 0.4 - 1.0
7-9 YEARS 53 33 20 10.5 10.8 10.1
10, 11 YEARS 87 48 39 17.3 15.7 19.7
12 YEARS 179 95 84 35.6 31.1 42.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 113 72 41 22.5 23.6 20.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 67 55 12 13.3 18.0 6.1
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.4 0.6 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 1 2 0.6 0.3 1.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 414 275 139 82.3 90.2 70.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 69 22 47 13.7 7.2 23.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 3 9 2.4 1.0 4.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 4 1 1.0 1.3 0.5
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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.
