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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PERRY 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 198 135 63 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 99 68 31 50.0 50.4 49.2
FEMALES 99 67 32 50.0 49.6 50.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 44 30 14 22.2 22.2 22.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 35 21 14 17.7 15.6 22.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 26 12 14 13.1 8.9 22.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 79 34 45 39.9 25.2 71.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 32 19 13 16.2 14.1 20.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 1.0 0.7 1.6
15-19 42 29 13 21.2 21.5 20.6
20-24 70 46 24 35.4 34.1 38.1
25-29 49 33 16 24.7 24.4 25.4
30-34 20 17 3 10.1 12.6 4.8
35-39 13 8 5 6.6 5.9 7.9
40-44 2 1 1 1.0 0.7 1.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 1.0 0.7 1.6
15-19 30 18 12 15.2 13.3 19.0
20-24 30 10 20 15.2 7.4 31.7
25-29 14 4 10 7.1 3.0 15.9
30-34 2 0 2 1.0 - 3.2
35-39 1 1 0 0.5 0.7 -
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 0 0 0 - - -
7-9 YEARS 18 15 3 9.1 11.1 4.8
10, 11 YEARS 33 26 7 16.7 19.2 11.1
12 YEARS 81 53 28 40.9 39.2 44.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 47 29 18 23.7 21.5 28.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 19 12 7 9.6 8.9 11.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 1.0 0.7 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 172 118 54 86.9 87.4 85.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 21 15 6 10.6 11.1 9.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 2 0 2 1.0 - 3.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.5 0.7 -
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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.
