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DISTRICT: III

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT III, 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                4,092    974  3,118   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       2,095    493  1,602    51.2   50.6   51.4
        FEMALES                     1,997    481  1,516    48.8   49.4   48.6
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS             1,071    134    937    26.2   13.8   30.0
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             720    121    599    17.6   12.4   19.2
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             457     77    380    11.2    7.9   12.2
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         2,783    188  2,595    68.0   19.3   83.2
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS    1,000     75    925    24.4    7.7   29.7

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    28      0     28     0.7      -    0.9
           15-19                    1,043    134    909    25.5   13.8   29.2
           20-24                    1,479    312  1,167    36.1   32.0   37.4
           25-29                      883    294    589    21.6   30.2   18.9
           30-34                      440    166    274    10.8   17.0    8.8
           35-39                      188     57    131     4.6    5.8    4.2
           40-44                       31     11     20     0.8    1.1    0.6
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    28      0     28     0.7      -    0.9
           15-19                      972     75    897    23.8    7.7   28.8
           20-24                    1,109     73  1,036    27.1    7.5   33.2
           25-29                      426     25    401    10.4    2.6   12.9
           30-34                      155      8    147     3.8    0.8    4.7
           35-39                       78      6     72     1.9    0.6    2.3
           40-44                       15      1     14     0.4    0.1    0.4
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         1      0      1      #       -     # 
           1-6 YEARS                   36     16     20     0.9    1.6    0.6
           7-9 YEARS                  495     83    412    12.1    8.5   13.2
           10, 11 YEARS               898    121    777    21.9   12.4   24.9
           12 YEARS                 1,345    258  1,087    32.9   26.5   34.9
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          842    250    592    20.6   25.7   19.0
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    459    242    217    11.2   24.8    7.0
           UNKNOWN                     16      4     12     0.4    0.4    0.4

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                     79      6     73     1.9    0.6    2.3
           FIRST TRIMESTER          2,863    840  2,023    70.0   86.2   64.9
           SECOND TRIMESTER           928    108    820    22.7   11.1   26.3
           THIRD TRIMESTER            172     15    157     4.2    1.5    5.0
           UNKNOWN MONTH               50      5     45     1.2    0.5    1.4
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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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