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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SIMPSON 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 400 218 182 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 204 101 103 51.0 46.3 56.6
FEMALES 196 117 79 49.0 53.7 43.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 111 54 57 27.8 24.8 31.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 71 27 44 17.8 12.4 24.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 51 22 29 12.8 10.1 15.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 181 46 135 45.2 21.1 74.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 77 21 56 19.2 9.6 30.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.5
15-19 110 54 56 27.5 24.8 30.8
20-24 119 59 60 29.8 27.1 33.0
25-29 96 62 34 24.0 28.4 18.7
30-34 54 32 22 13.5 14.7 12.1
35-39 17 10 7 4.2 4.6 3.8
40-44 3 1 2 0.8 0.4 1.1
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.5
15-19 76 21 55 19.0 9.6 30.2
20-24 56 13 43 14.0 6.0 23.6
25-29 25 5 20 6.2 2.3 11.0
30-34 16 5 11 4.0 2.3 6.0
35-39 5 2 3 1.2 0.9 1.6
40-44 2 0 2 0.5 - 1.1
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 4 2 2 1.0 0.9 1.1
7-9 YEARS 35 22 13 8.8 10.1 7.1
10, 11 YEARS 66 35 31 16.5 16.0 17.0
12 YEARS 147 62 85 36.8 28.4 46.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 110 65 45 27.5 29.8 24.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 38 32 6 9.5 14.7 3.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.5 0.4 0.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 334 195 139 83.5 89.4 76.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 53 21 32 13.2 9.6 17.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 1 7 2.0 0.4 3.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 0.8 - 1.6
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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.
