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DISTRICT: II

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT II, 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                4,640  3,303  1,337   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       2,344  1,653    691    50.5   50.0   51.7
        FEMALES                     2,296  1,650    646    49.5   50.0   48.3
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               890    545    345    19.2   16.5   25.8
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             706    444    262    15.2   13.4   19.6
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             426    236    190     9.2    7.1   14.2
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,656    712    944    35.7   21.6   70.6
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      623    291    332    13.4    8.8   24.8

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    15      7      8     0.3    0.2    0.6
           15-19                      875    538    337    18.8   16.3   25.2
           20-24                    1,568  1,036    532    33.8   31.4   39.8
           25-29                    1,204    940    264    25.9   28.4   19.7
           30-34                      691    568    123    14.9   17.2    9.2
           35-39                      243    187     56     5.2    5.7    4.2
           40-44                       40     24     16     0.9    0.7    1.2
           45 AND OVER                  4      3      1     0.1    0.1    0.1
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    14      6      8     0.3    0.2    0.6
           15-19                      609    285    324    13.1    8.6   24.2
           20-24                      642    243    399    13.8    7.4   29.8
           25-29                      251    114    137     5.4    3.4   10.2
           30-34                       97     44     53     2.1    1.3    4.0
           35-39                       31     16     15     0.7    0.5    1.1
           40-44                       12      4      8     0.2    0.1    0.6
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                   40     33      7     0.9    1.0    0.5
           7-9 YEARS                  451    340    111     9.7   10.3    8.3
           10, 11 YEARS               773    469    304    16.6   14.2   22.7
           12 YEARS                 1,672  1,110    562    36.0   33.6   42.0
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          979    712    267    21.1   21.6   20.0
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    720    637     83    15.5   19.3    6.2
           UNKNOWN                      5      2      3     0.1    0.1    0.2

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                     38     12     26     0.8    0.4    1.9
           FIRST TRIMESTER          3,837  2,870    967    82.7   86.9   72.3
           SECOND TRIMESTER           638    360    278    13.8   10.9   20.8
           THIRD TRIMESTER             99     48     51     2.1    1.4    3.8
           UNKNOWN MONTH               28     13     15     0.6    0.4    1.1
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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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