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COUNTY: ADAMS

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ADAMS 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                  465    145    320   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                         242     79    163    52.0   54.5   50.9
        FEMALES                       223     66    157    48.0   45.5   49.1
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS                82      8     74    17.6    5.5   23.1
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              84     19     65    18.1   13.1   20.3
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              64     15     49    13.8   10.3   15.3
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS           273     24    249    58.7   16.6   77.8
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       78      5     73    16.8    3.4   22.8

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     2      0      2     0.4      -    0.6
           15-19                       80      8     72    17.2    5.5   22.5
           20-24                      179     48    131    38.5   33.1   40.9
           25-29                      110     44     66    23.6   30.3   20.6
           30-34                       55     29     26    11.8   20.0    8.1
           35-39                       30     12     18     6.4    8.3    5.6
           40-44                        9      4      5     1.9    2.8    1.6
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     2      0      2     0.4      -    0.6
           15-19                       76      5     71    16.3    3.4   22.2
           20-24                      118     11    107    25.4    7.6   33.4
           25-29                       42      4     38     9.0    2.8   11.9
           30-34                       17      2     15     3.6    1.4    4.7
           35-39                       15      2     13     3.2    1.4    4.1
           40-44                        3      0      3     0.6      -    0.9
           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      -    0.6
           7-9 YEARS                   30      8     22     6.4    5.5    6.9
           10, 11 YEARS                66     12     54    14.2    8.3   16.9
           12 YEARS                   199     39    160    42.8   26.9   50.0
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          102     45     57    21.9   31.0   17.8
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     65     41     24    14.0   28.3    7.5
           UNKNOWN                      1      0      1     0.2      -    0.3

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                      3      0      3     0.6      -    0.9
           FIRST TRIMESTER            372    133    239    80.0   91.7   74.7
           SECOND TRIMESTER            77     10     67    16.6    6.9   20.9
           THIRD TRIMESTER             10      1      9     2.2    0.7    2.8
           UNKNOWN MONTH                3      1      2     0.6    0.7    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.

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