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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 584 124 460 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 295 58 237 50.5 46.8 51.5
FEMALES 289 66 223 49.5 53.2 48.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 156 9 147 26.7 7.2 32.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 105 20 85 18.0 16.1 18.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 74 18 56 12.7 14.5 12.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 418 19 399 71.6 15.3 86.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 149 4 145 25.5 3.2 31.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.3 - 0.4
15-19 154 9 145 26.4 7.2 31.5
20-24 245 48 197 42.0 38.7 42.8
25-29 113 41 72 19.3 33.1 15.6
30-34 50 18 32 8.6 14.5 7.0
35-39 18 7 11 3.1 5.6 2.4
40-44 2 1 1 0.3 0.8 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.3 - 0.4
15-19 147 4 143 25.2 3.2 31.1
20-24 185 9 176 31.7 7.2 38.3
25-29 55 5 50 9.4 4.0 10.9
30-34 19 1 18 3.2 0.8 3.9
35-39 9 0 9 1.5 - 2.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 7 2 5 1.2 1.6 1.1
7-9 YEARS 91 9 82 15.6 7.2 17.8
10, 11 YEARS 111 10 101 19.0 8.1 22.0
12 YEARS 170 32 138 29.1 25.8 30.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 145 39 106 24.8 31.4 23.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 59 32 27 10.1 25.8 5.9
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 1 3 0.7 0.8 0.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 447 117 330 76.5 94.4 71.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 115 4 111 19.7 3.2 24.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 15 2 13 2.6 1.6 2.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 0.5 - 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.
