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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON 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 1,104 247 857 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 565 123 442 51.2 49.8 51.6
FEMALES 539 124 415 48.8 50.2 48.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 302 37 265 27.4 15.0 30.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 167 24 143 15.1 9.7 16.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 103 12 91 9.3 4.8 10.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 773 58 715 70.0 23.5 83.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 279 21 258 25.3 8.5 30.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 10 0 10 0.9 - 1.2
15-19 292 37 255 26.4 15.0 29.8
20-24 372 70 302 33.7 28.3 35.2
25-29 251 78 173 22.7 31.6 20.2
30-34 126 47 79 11.4 19.0 9.2
35-39 44 12 32 4.0 4.8 3.7
40-44 9 3 6 0.8 1.2 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 10 0 10 0.9 - 1.2
15-19 269 21 248 24.4 8.5 28.9
20-24 296 24 272 26.8 9.7 31.7
25-29 124 9 115 11.2 3.6 13.4
30-34 49 4 45 4.4 1.6 5.2
35-39 20 0 20 1.8 - 2.3
40-44 5 0 5 0.4 - 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 7 3 4 0.6 1.2 0.5
7-9 YEARS 142 29 113 12.9 11.7 13.2
10, 11 YEARS 241 29 212 21.8 11.7 24.7
12 YEARS 372 75 297 33.7 30.4 34.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 215 52 163 19.5 21.0 19.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 122 59 63 11.0 23.9 7.4
UNKNOWN 5 0 5 0.4 - 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 36 2 34 3.3 0.8 4.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 731 202 529 66.2 81.8 61.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 264 39 225 23.9 15.8 26.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 58 4 54 5.2 1.6 6.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 15 0 15 1.4 - 1.8
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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.
