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DISTRICT: IV

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT IV, 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                3,692  1,818  1,874   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       1,936    965    971    52.4   53.1   51.8
        FEMALES                     1,756    853    903    47.6   46.9   48.2
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               721    221    500    19.5   12.2   26.7
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             579    217    362    15.7   11.9   19.3
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             408    125    283    11.0    6.9   15.1
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,630    284  1,346    44.2   15.6   71.8
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      593    110    483    16.1    6.0   25.8

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    24      5     19     0.6    0.3    1.0
           15-19                      697    216    481    18.9   11.9   25.7
           20-24                    1,166    532    634    31.6   29.3   33.8
           25-29                      956    542    414    25.9   29.8   22.1
           30-34                      571    357    214    15.5   19.6   11.4
           35-39                      244    143    101     6.6    7.9    5.4
           40-44                       32     21     11     0.9    1.2    0.6
           45 AND OVER                  1      1      0      #      #       -
           UNKNOWN                      1      1      0      #      #       -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    22      3     19     0.6    0.2    1.0
           15-19                      571    107    464    15.5    5.9   24.8
           20-24                      604     98    506    16.4    5.4   27.0
           25-29                      263     39    224     7.1    2.1   12.0
           30-34                      103     21     82     2.8    1.2    4.4
           35-39                       58     13     45     1.6    0.7    2.4
           40-44                        8      2      6     0.2    0.1    0.3
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      1      1      0      #      #       -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         1      0      1      #       -     # 
           1-6 YEARS                   31     21     10     0.8    1.2    0.5
           7-9 YEARS                  348    149    199     9.4    8.2   10.6
           10, 11 YEARS               559    171    388    15.1    9.4   20.7
           12 YEARS                 1,243    528    715    33.7   29.0   38.2
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          858    437    421    23.2   24.0   22.5
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    643    508    135    17.4   27.9    7.2
           UNKNOWN                      9      4      5     0.2    0.2    0.3

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                     29      3     26     0.8    0.2    1.4
           FIRST TRIMESTER          2,931  1,616  1,315    79.4   88.9   70.2
           SECOND TRIMESTER           590    164    426    16.0    9.0   22.7
           THIRD TRIMESTER            108     23     85     2.9    1.3    4.5
           UNKNOWN MONTH               34     12     22     0.9    0.7    1.2
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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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